This is an analysis of the poem Pen-Y-Gwrydd: To Tom Hughes, Esq., that begins with:

There is no inn in Snowdon which is not awful dear,
Excepting Pen-y-gwrydd (you can't pronounce it, dear),... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbeeffbbggeehhhh X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1011010101101 110111110101 1100010010101 10010101101011 1101010111101 11001001111101 011100110101 11011101011101 10111001010111 10110111111111 1001111110001 10011101111101 10010111111101 11011100110101 110111011110101 11000101111101 11010101010001 1101011101001 11111011010111 111001111011111 10110111111101 11111101111101 01011111011011 11101101110111 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 704
  • Average number of words per stanza: 142
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dear is repeated).

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