To J. S. by Alfred Lord Tennyson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To J. S. that begins with:

The wind, that beats the mountain, blows
More softly round the open wold,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcdddd efef gXgb hfhf ijij dkdk hlhl cfcX mlml gXgb fdfd idid kXkh hdhd jgjg gmgm dndn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 11010101 11010101 1110101 11010101 11111101 011011101 100011101 11111111 10111111 10011101 11111101 11111001 11111101 010011101 11110101 00010101 011111100 11111101 11110101 10111101 11100101 10011111 01111110 11010101 10110101 010110101 11010001 11110011 11010101 01111111 11010001 11110111 11111101 11001111 10111101 11111101 10010101 10110101 1010101010 11001101 11001101 11110100 01011101 101110100 0101010010 11010101 11010101 010010101 01111101 11010101 11010101 110100101 11011001 01110101 11010111 11111101 11111101 11010011 11010101 11110101 11111111 10111010 11010101 11011111 11110111 11111111 01011101 11010101 1101011 10110101 10110101 11011111 10101111 11010101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; those, love, not, and, i, her are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words i, sleep 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 peace is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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  • summary of To J. S.;
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