This is an analysis of the poem Near The Cascades that begins with:

Hold back thy lips, I pray ;
Just let me rest this way; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabaaaabacccacdddadeeefebbbfbdddfdfffdfaaaXaeeeXXegggXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 111101 110001 0100010001100 11001 110101 010101 11111 11111101010 10101 0100101 010101 111111 11010001011 10101 1111001 110101 10101 010110010101011 1 010101 110111 011011 1111111101 0101001 1101010 11011010 0011110 110111001101 01010 110111 111111 110111 0111111101 100111 111101 111101 111111 110111010111 1101 010111 011101 110111 1101010101010 110 111111 111111 111111 11010111010 10 101 110101 010111 010101 01110101110 1000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1691
  • Average number of words per stanza: 325
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, but, nor, rising, and, beauty's are repeated.

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

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