This is an analysis of the poem The Land Of Pallas that begins with:

Methought I journeyed along ways that led for ever
Throughout a happy land where strife and care were dead,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acXc cdcd dcdc bebe fgfg Xfdf hiXi Xjjj dkdk cgcg dddd dfdf cfcf ljlj hjhj abXb aman dcdc fede cfcf fbfb ffff dhdh ajXX mfmf lflf amam agag acac dedX dbdb dodo ncnc fifi cblbXhlhl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001111110 010101111101 1111110101010 110101010111 0111010111010 010101010111 0100111101010 010101010101 01011111011010 011111010101 0101111111010 111111111111 0111011101010 111111010101 01010011001010 111101110111 01010111001110 110100010111 0111110101010 010101111101 11001110011110 010111110101 1111110110010 111111111101 1101110111100 010011110111 1111010011110 110101011101 0111011111010 110111111101 01001011101010 010101010101 1100011101110 110101010111 1111011111011 1010100011001 1101010111010 100100110111 1101111101010 110011010111 1101111101011 100101010100 1011011101011 1011011100101 0111110111010 110001010101 1101011101010 010011011101 0111110111010 11001110111001 0101111011010 110101011101 1101001101110 100101110101 01010010111010 110001111101 11111101001110 111111111101 1101010101110 110011110111 1110110111110 111101010111 1111011001010 11001111100111 1011011101110 110101010111 1111110101110 110100010101 1101110011010 11001000110110 0111010101110 110111111100 1101011100110 110010111001 11000111001010 0101100111101 1111001111010 011001010101 0100010111010 1011110010101 1011010101110 0010010010101 1111110111010 011100110111 11011111001110 110111000101 01011101100010 0111010100101 1111111111010 111101000101 1011111111010 101100011101 1111011111110 010011110111 11001010111010 010111010101 1101011101010 01011011011 10110011101010 10010011111110 1111011111111 1011111111011 11010100111011 011101110101 1111011111110 0111010111001 100100100001010 011101010111 1011011101010 1100111110111 0101010111110 101100111101 1110010101110 101101011101 1111111100110 010001010101 10001011001110 110101010101 1101010001110 100101010101 1101010101010 111111010110 11110101001010 00101011010101 1111011111110 100101010111 0101011101110 011111010101 1101110011110 010111010111 0100111101010 010001001010101 11010101110010 011101011001 1101011001010 110100110101 1101011100010 010111010101 1100110100010 010011010101 11110001000110 011111010011 1111001111010 110101011111 1111111111110 111111110011 0101110111110 111101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 37
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 148
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, land, all, to, in, there, no, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words of, and, at, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase broken connects the lines.

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