This is an analysis of the poem You Ask Why These Mountains that begins with:
YOU ask why these mountains delight me no more,
And why lovely Clwyd's attractions are o'er;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaa bbaaa ccaaa ddaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001111 11101010110 11111101011 0101101001 11011011101 11001011011 11001001001 11101011001 110111101001 11101001001 11111001011 11101001011 11101001111 11001011001 11101101001 11011101111 11111001010 11101011111 0101101011 11011011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, her, never, she, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word again at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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