This is an analysis of the poem In Guernsey - To Theodore Watts that begins with:
The heavenly bay, ringed round with cliffs and moors,
Storm-stained ravines, and crags that lawns inlay,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaB bab abaB X cbcB bcb cbcB X dedE ede dedE X fgfG gfg fgfG b hahA aha hahA b eXei iei eiei X cicX Xci cicX X jijI ijiXjijI
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,1,4,3,4,1,4,3,4,1,4,3,4,1,4,3,4,1,4,3,4,1,4,3,4,1,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001110111 1101111111 1101011101 01001 1111110001 01010010101 0101110111 11011100101 11001110111 0111110111 01001 1 1101110111 1101010100 0101111101 1101 11111101101 1111110111 0111011111 11011110111 1101110101 1111111101 1101 1 011011011101101 1100100111011 10111001110011 01101 011101001111 01110010011010 11111001011001 11010001011111 1110100100111 01011001101111 01101 1 1101111001 11110011111 1101111111 1101 0111011101 11010010101 11010100111 1111111111 1101110101 0100010001 1101 1 1111011111 01011111001 11011010101 1111 0101110101 11010111101 110010011101 0101000101 11000011101 1101011101 1111 1 1011101110110110 101111101111110 10101011101001110 1 101110101110101 1111011111101110 101011101110101 10110101010101110 1011101011111011 1011111000101010 1 1 0110010111 1111010111 1111010111 0110 10111000110 11001111111 1101011101 01110011101 11001101111 01110001011 0110 1 01011110111 01110100111 1101111101 01011 0101010101 1111010111 0111110101 1111110101 1111011111 1111111101 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 31
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 95
- 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; this, my, and, heart, us, of, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words this, the are repeated.
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