This is an analysis of the poem To Mr. S. T. Coleridge that begins with:

Midway the hill of science, after steep
And rugged paths that tire the' unpractised feet,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcbcdecfXghdbafhXXcgbhgbXbeggghhgbXdggXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 43,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101110110001 0101010101 11010101001 1111110101 0101000101 11110010101 1101110101 0101010101 1001011111 1101001101 10001111101 1001011101 01011100101 0101000101 01001011101 1101000101 0101010111 1101001101 1001111101 01010011001 0101100101 11010011101 01110100001 0111110111 0101011100 0011100101 11010101001 1101011101 1100110001 1101010101 11010101010 01000101011 1001010001 1111010101 01001110101 1001001001 01110100101 1101010111 1101011101 1111011111 1101010 11010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1865
  • Average number of words per stanza: 308
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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

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