This is an analysis of the poem The White Cliffs that begins with:

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I have loved England, dearly and deeply, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcdeXedfdf Xccgghhiihhjjkkggeellaahhaaa Xcchhlljjmmhhnnmm jjccggaallll lbbggaXggkkaalloo Xhlhlcacagngn adpdpniXidldlblbl aXkhkghghicic Xbfdfgfdffhbhbflf Xhahahhdhdhll nlnlff XllhqhqXh iifX ffppllpXaaff hh irngninbcfcnc gfbffX aeeaallllsshhpXpXiaa Xofo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,28,17,12,17,13,17,13,17,13,6,9,4,12,2,13,6,20,15,13,16,9,13,15,16,13,6,6,6,6,17,17,15,9,17,23,48,13,4,11,21,48,13,6,6,17,18,13,4,23,11,9,4,12,13,17,15,9,13,4,4,21,9,14,13,16,7,21,8,12,9,9,25,19,11,15,24,16,13,19,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
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  • Amount of stanzas: 81
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 506
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 1120
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; i, of, and, her, my, their, as, code, in, so, that, we, he, when, she, to, not, ', your, it, or, 'but, percy, blame, how, beautiful, had, too, you, this, long, these, lies, late are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, is, we, the, a, you, strolling, when, my, and, 'we, of, percy, 'but, blame, 'say, how, in, if, into, at, was, this, lies, much, writing are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, to, rosamund 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 ' is 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 i, cambridge, in, heir, blame connect the lines.

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