This is an analysis of the poem Enoch Arden that begins with:

Long lines of cliff breaking have left a chasm;
And in the chasm are foam and yellow sands;... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,13,14,24,19,21,27,20,9,11,14,19,9,3,4,10,12,6,16,10,15,5,23,8,2,7,13,18,10,12,14,24,18,12,20,17,22,16,11,3,13,9,9,28,13,9,45,15,8,10,17,14,11,16,13,7,3,11,7,34,41,28,5,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 65
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 597
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 917
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, to, years, his, he, her, god, man, in, for, i, him, come, heard, this, what, she, it, me, ', that, you, as, no, enoch, year, bide, month, wed, child, then, day, blaze, upon, home, so, married, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to, a, with, or, tired, i, that, some, suddenly, so, she, then, the, his, there, my are repeated.

    The author used the same words but, then, for at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ', down, himself, her, come are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases sail'd, her, heard connect the lines.

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