This is an analysis of the poem Tamerton Church-Tower, Or, First Love that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcBdcdcefefghgh XicicdjdjakXkdgXglmlmdadndodojgjgojoX Xbhbh XkXkgcmcX ajpjpmkmkacncbgbghchcla lamfmfdadadmdmldld acjcjXblbococcdcd X ococijiXdqdqmomoobobcdcdaraXioio sdsdococaaaa XjbjbdpdpjdjdododdbdBdldlaoaodjdXgigi Xrbrbrhrhoeoedbdbdgdg Xohocg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,37,5,9,23,18,17,1,32,12,37,21,20,10,21,54,13,17,17,17,17,53,30,33,37,29,17,29,13,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11011100 010101 01011101 010101 01011101 110101 111101001 010111 11011101 110101 11011101 110101 11011101 0100101 11010101 010101 1 110101101 010101 01010101 010001 11110111 010101 11010101 110001 01010111 110101 11011100 011101 11011111 010111 110111100 110101 11010101 110001 11111101 111101 11011101 110001 11011011 010100 01111111 011101 01100101 110111 11110101 110101 11001111 010101 01011101 010101 11010101 110101 1 11010111 110101 11000011 1100101 1 01111101 110101 11000101 110101 01111111 110111 01111101 010101 1 11110101 110101 11010101 011101 11110101 010101 01010111 0101001 11111101 111101 11010100 110111 10111101 111101 01110111 1111001 01010101 111101 01010101 111101 111111011 010001 011111001 010111 11111101 110101 11011101 111101 11111111 110101 11111111 010101 01110101 100101 01010101 111101 11010101 110001 10110111 010101 1 01011101 010101 11011101 010101 11110100 111111 11010101 011101 01000101 010111 01011101 1101001 11010101 111101 01111011 101101 1 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110011 10011111 100111 10111111 011111 01010101 010111 1 11001111 110001 11110101 010101 11011101 110111 11011101 110111 11111111 110101 11010101 010111 11111101 111111 11111101 110100 11111111 110101 11011111 110001 1 1 01111111 110101 11010101 110001 11011101 1100101 01110101 110101 10010101 110111 110011101 110101 01110101 010101 11010111 011101 01010101 010101 01010101 011101 11111101 110111 11010111 101111 10110101 111111 1101101001 110101 11010101 111011 01011111 010101 111101100 110101 01010101 101101 010101100 111101 11110001 0101001 01111100 011001 11011101 1000101 01011101 111111 11110101 111101 01111101 011101 01111101 011101 1 11100111 111101 11111111 110101 11010101 110111 10111101 110001 10010111 110111 11011101 111111 1 01111111 110101 110011011 110101 11110101 011101 11111111 1010101 11111101 110101 11011100 110111 01111111 010101 01110111 1010111 1 01100111 110101 11110001 010111 11110101 1101101 01110101 010101 110001110 110111 110100101 111101 11001111 110101 11011101 011101 1 11111111 110111 11111101 0101101 11100111 010101 11011101 1001001 10010011 110101 11010101 1000101 11011111 110101 01000111 0111001 1 11110111 1101110 11110101 0110010 01101111 010001 1110101 110101 01010101 111101 01010101 110101 011101010 010111 111111110 110001 1 101111111 110111 11110101 110101 11010101 111111 01011111 011101 01110101 010101 11110111 011101 01110101 010111 01110101 100111 01010101 010101 11110101 11001011 011110010 1100101 11110111 100101 01011101 111101 10010101 0100101 01010101 110111 01110101 110101 11010111 110101 11011111 1001001 01110111 010111 11010101 0100101 11110101 1100101 11010101 110101 10110111 011101 01100101 111111 11101101 111101 01010101 010101 1 1 00110100 110101 11011101 011111 01000101110 011111 11011101 010101 01010101 110100 110010111 100101 01011101 0101101 11011001 110101 01010101 010101 11100101 011101 11110111 100101 11010111 1101001 11010111 1101001 11001101 011001 1 11110101 111101 01011101 0100001 11011101 010101 11011101 110101 00111101 110101 10110110 110101 11111101 111101 11011111 110101 11011111 010111 01010111 110101 01000101 111111 001011111 011111 110111001 1100101 01110101 110100 110100101 111111 11010101 0100111 1 11011101 110101 1110001 010111 11000111 11011 01011111 110101 01010101 111001 11011111 0101001 11010111 1111110 10010001 1101110 01010101 011111 10010101 0101001 11110101 0101010 11010101 1001010 11011100 011101 11010101 010101 01010111 111011 010101010 010111 10010101 010111 11111101 1101001 1 11010101 111111 11010111 101101 0100011 110101 01110111 010100 11010101 111111 01010111 110100 11110111 010101 11110111 110101 01010111 010101 11010101 011101 10010111 1101100 01000101 010001 11011111 010111 11110001 0110001 1 01011111 010111 01011001 010101 11110100 010101 01010101 0100101 01010101 011101 01011101 010101 01010101 010111 11010011 010101 1 11011101 111101 10010101 010101 01010101 111101 01000101 110111 10010111 010101 11011101 010101 110001001 010101 110011101 0010101 11010111 010101 10110101 011101 110110011 110110 01110111 011101 11010111 110001 11011101 011001 1 11011101 110101 11100101 110101 11100101 1001001 011001101 011101 01111101 110101 10010101 101100 11011111 111001 11111101 011001 11010111 1100011 00111101 1100101 1 11111110 110101 11110101 111111 01110111 0111010 11110101 0100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 668
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 698
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, this, her, i, so, o, as, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to, and, foolish, a, so, no, too, o are repeated.

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