This is an analysis of the poem Boulogne To Amiens And Paris (3 To 11 P.M.; 3rd Class) that begins with:

Strong extreme speed, that the brain hurries with,
Further than trees, and hedges, and green grass ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbcbadbeabbcfXbeabdbgXHeaigaXbHjhejidXhkghbiXfljbhhdgjgaemkdXcgecmXdX Xgebahchbl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011101100 1011110111 10011010111 1011110101 1111111111 0111010101 0111110101 0101010101 1001001111 1100110101 1011011011 1001110111 0111011111 1000010101 0110110011 0101011111 10110111100 0101101101 0111111100 1100010111 10111011101 1101011011 0111010101 10110111001 1011110100 1111010111 111111001 1111011101 1101010101 1100011101 11110101001 1101111100 1100111101 1111010111 1101111111 0101010101 1011110101 111111001 1001010111 0111101101 01001010 111 0111111111 1011110111 0111110101 1111011111 1111110101 011101110 0110110111 1001110101 011001111 1001000111 1111110001 1011111111 1111011111 0100011101 0101110101 1111100101 1111111111 1111010101 1011111011 1001111101 1101001111 1001110011 1011011111 1101011111 0100110011 1111110111 1010010001 01011100101 1001110101 1101010110 1010011 1111010101 1111110011 0111010101 11010101000 1111111100 100001010 101110001 101011101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1806
  • Average number of words per stanza: 324
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; further, than, and, sometimes, my, of are repeated.

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

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