This is an analysis of the poem Hastings Mill that begins with:
As I went down by Hastings Mill I lingered in my going
To smell the smell of piled-up deals and feel the salt wind blowing,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc aabb aaaaXaaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111011100110 010101111101110 01010111101111 1111110111 111111011101110 010101010101110 11110101011101 1111110001 111111011111110 010001010101010 010111011011101 1111100111 111111011101010 10101110101010 11110111110111 1111110111 110101011101110 0010101111101110 00111001001010 10101110101110 11111101110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the are repeated.
The author used the same word as at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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