This is an analysis of the poem Dartside, 1849 that begins with:
I cannot tell what you say green leaves,
I cannot tell what you say : ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBCB XBCB aBXb ddbeeaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111111 1101111 11111001001 1010101 1101111101 1101111 11111001001 1010101 110111111 1101111 111101101011 1011101 10100100111 110100111 1100101 1101011011 101011111 1111101101 101001110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word day at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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