This is an analysis of the poem Cambridge In The Long that begins with:

Where drowsy sound of college-chimes
Across the air is blown,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede XbXb fgfg hihi jkjk blbl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 010101 11010001 111101 01001001101 1010101 101110101 111101 00010011 110111 11110101 011111 01011101 110101 010010101 101101 11011101 1111001 11110101 110011 01010101 111011 11011101 010101 10010111 110111 10011101 110111 11111110 110101 01010011 010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; o'er, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word o'er is repeated.

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  • summary of Cambridge In The Long;
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