This is an analysis of the poem Interlude: The Casement that begins with:

Once, when the sun-burst flew
its banner above broad seas and eastern hills, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdcddXdXeXebcfcf bBbbXXccbbggeeeeeeeehhggbB X ceXe eiei jXjc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,26,1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 01001111101 11001 110001010110 01001110100 0101 1011110010101 110011 1101 1101011100100 0100111 11010101001 1100100010001 1111 1001010001 010101 11111100101 110101 1101110010101 11 01001110101 110101 1101101101 110100 11010000101 0100011 1001011101 010101 01001010101 110101 11110101101 110101 1111010101 110001 1111011101 110001 0111000101 001101 1100011101 1101101 0001110101 1100101 1111010100 101101 01001010101 110101 11111001 1111001 00101001 1110111 1111101 1101011 00111011 11111111 0110111 11111111 1101011 10111011 001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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