This is an analysis of the poem At Vaucluse that begins with:

By Avignon's dismantled walls,
Where cloudless mid-March sunshine falls,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaXb ccaddX eefeef dddaad gahffh iiXiia aaaaaa ggbffX aahjjh cXkbbk aXfjjf iifjjf Xheaae iieaae bbXllh jjhmmh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 11011111 111101 100010101 010101010 010001 101111010 010101010 111101 11011111 01011111 101110 111100101 01010111 110101 110101001 11000101 010101 10111101 01010101 010101 11000111 01110111 110001 11111111 01010101 110101 01010101 01010101 111111 11010101 110100101 110101 1101101 11010111 010101 11011101 01011101 110111 01000101 11011101 010001 11101101 10111111 010001 11110101 100100111 110111 11110001 010010101 010101 11110011 01110101 110101 11010100 11010111 110101 11110111 01000101 010001 10110111 11010110 110101 11010101 01111111 0011111 11011101 11010101 110101 11010111 11000111 110111 100111010 11010101 010111 11010001 11111101 110101 00111101 01010001 1100111 10010101 11010101 110101 10010101 10110011 010110 01011111 11101111 010101 01101111 11010101 101101 110110011 110111001 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, thy, from are repeated.

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