This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Borrowdale that begins with:
IN CUMBERLAND.
Hail , Derwent's beauteous pride!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a aaaa bccb daaeed ffddcc ffggbbcc eeff gXhhaaccgX ee ff aaff Xaiijj bbaaccXXaabbgX klhhaaiijjaaaa gX aaeeeecclk ccbbXcgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,6,6,8,4,10,2,2,4,6,14,14,2,10,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100 110101 11110100011 11010101 1001000111 111111 0101010001 010101 111101110001 111111 110111 110101 110101001 11111101 1101011101 11010101 11011111 110011101 11010101 01110101 1111010001 11110101 11000101 11110101 11110011 11011101 11010001 11010101 01110101 11000101 11010101 01010101 11010111 11010101 110110100 01010101 10110101 11110101 11010101 11010101 110010101 11100011 101010100 11010101 01010101 01010101 10110111 11010101 11011001 11010111 11110111 01100110 011111001 01010101 11110111 10010101 10011101 10111001 01010101 110101001 01011101 11010101 01010101 11010101 110100101 100111001 01110101 11110101 11000101 1101111 1100110100 111101010 10110111 01010101 11011101 10110101 10010101 111100101 100111001 110101001 11010101 1100011 11000101 11110101 01010001 11010011 11111100 11010101 11011001 11000111 01110101 01010110 11110111 101101111 11011101 01111101 1101001010 11101101 11110101 11010101 11010001 01010110 101111001 11111101 11110100
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 105
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, thy, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words whose, still are repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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