This is an analysis of the poem By The Aurelian Wall that begins with:

In Memory of John Keats
By the Aurelian Wall,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBbccbdadeed ffXgf hhggh cchhc ggiig jjkkj hhhhh ggbbg cchhX llfXl bbdXbhhjjh ccjjc XgXfX bbmmB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,10,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100011 101001 10111001001 01101 0101010111 110100 100101 01010 10101 010011 0011010001 011101 110101 0101111111 110100 1100110101 110111 001101 1001010111 100111 0111110111 110101 010101 01110001001 111111 11010101101 111111 101000 1101011101 010101 0101110111 110111 110101 10001010011 110101 100101001001 010101 110101 0111010111 011101 11000111101 100101 011111 1101010101 110111 1111011110 101101 100101 10001010101 110101 1100110101 110101 101101 11111111001 110101 0101110111 110101 111101 10101011001 111101 0101010111 111101 110101 0100010111 110101 1101010101 010101 110101 1101010111 010101 1101110111 110111 11110 10100001001 101100 1101010101 010100 100111 1011110101 010101 1101011111 101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and, they, its are repeated.

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

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