This is an analysis of the poem Songs Written To Welsh Airs that begins with:
How fondly I gaze on the fast falling-leaves,
That mark, as I wander, the summer's decline;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdXd aeae fgfg haha gege igiX cgcX igiX jgjX gXbbb ccbbb jjbbbXeebbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101101 11111001001 11101111011 10100110100100 11101001011 110111011001 1111011011100 11101001101 101111011101 11101001011 11101101011 11101111001 111111011 01011011011 1001011011 11111111011 1011011011 111011111001 1001011011 11101101011 00010011011 11101001001 1101001111 11011011001 11011110011 11011001011 11011001101 01111010110100 11011101011 01011011011 11111011001 111010000110100 11011010011 01101011101 11011011001 010010000110100 11011011001 101111001001 11111011111 11011100110100 11111001111 11101010110 11111101011 0101101001 11011011101 11001011011 11001001001 11101011001 110111101001 11101001001 11111001011 11101001011 11101001111 11001011001 11101101001 11011101111 11111001010 11101011111 0101101011 11011011101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, of, her, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, still, i are repeated.
The poet repeated the same words here, again at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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