This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written On Visiting The Chateaux On The Loire that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccdddX aaeeeecX Xffgghh Xffccii XiijjaaccggkklX afXlleeabffhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,7,7,15,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010101 1000101 1011111 1001001 1010101 1010101 10010101 10001000 1011011 1110101 1010111 1011111 10010001 1010001 1010101 1100101 1 1010111 1010111 10100101 1011101 1010101 1000011 1 1110011 0110111 0010111 10000110 1010101 1010011 1 1010101 1010101 11101110 100101110 10011101 11101001 1010011 1000101 1000101 1010101 1010101 1000100 1010001 10101010 1 10011111 11101000 001101 0110101 1010111 10001001 1110001 1001101 0010101 1000111 11100001 1110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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