This is an analysis of the poem The Moat House that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a a bbccb bbccb ddeed aaffa ggXXg ddhhd hhddh bbeeb eeffe ddbbd aXeea ffeeX gXggg bbaaX i dddddd eeebbb fffccc bbbjjj kkklbl X egegbaba gkgeaeae mXmimmmm daXadedk lilihmhX ididhaha mdmdhdhd bblbhbhb fdfdgama cdcdbebe mdmdmdmX m
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,1,6,6,6,6,6,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,8,8,8,8,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,1,6,6,6,8,1,1,16,12,15,13,12,13,7,1,7,7,7,7,7,7,1,8,13,5,1,6,12,12,7,16,11,16,11,1,8,8,8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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1010101 110011101 111111 11011101 110101 11011111 11110101 0110010111 0100101 1011100111 1011111 101011011000 01001001 111101111 1100101 1100101101 011100 1110011101 1110111 1010010101 0110111 111100111 1100111 011101111 110100 111101101 01111001 01010100 00100101 111111101 00111001 01001101001 10111001 111101101 0111001 101001101001 101101 10111101001 1110101 1100100101 1100101 1100100111 0010101 11101111 1100111 111111101 1110101 110100101 10101101 0010100101 1100111 101011101 10101001 101001000111 1100111 1010110111 10111101 111100111 11001001 110101101 10111101 1101110101 1111001 1111001001 10111101 110100101 1101101 010110111 00110101 1010111111 101011101 10101111101 1101111 101110101 10001101 110101001 1111101 011101111 111001001 1010111101 11001011 11101101001 1011110 0101011001 0101001 110101001 1101001 11101101101 10101001 111110101 1111101 1110111001 110101 11101100101 00101111 10100101001 0101101 10101101001 0101101 11110101 1111101 111110111 0100111 1101101111 110111010 1 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101011001011111 101000100010111 111011101010111 101000100010111 111000111010101 1000010011110111 1010110101110111 101100100110001 1010101010010101 101011101010111 101110101011111 111111101010101 111000101010101 101011101011101 111011100010101 111010100111011 111000100110111 101011101011101 111110101011111 10101001011100101 111000100011111 101010100010101 1010000101010111 101110100111101 1 101010111010101 1110111111010101 1001010101010101 1011010101010111 1110101000010101 1011110111110111 1010101010101110 01101111011001010 1010101010111001 011011101010101 101010101110101 111010101110101 101010101110101 011110101110110 101010111010101 101000100011111 101010100010101 001011100010101 111011101011111 100010101010111 101110111010011 111011100111101 1110010101010101 111010101010101 111010100010001 111011101010101 111110101010001 101010101111111 101110101110101 101100110010101 1110111001011111 101011111011011 111110101011101 101010101011111 101011101010001 101010101010111 111110111110111 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  • Amount of stanzas: 117
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 835
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; as, to, her, and, free, ', i, said, so, no, through, of, what, my, you, take, new, always, time, had, baby, soft, thus, him, his, from, maiden, at, soul, its, in, he, that, for, your, bore, on, but, not, it, life, how are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, of, and, so, no, what, in, soft, green, longing, be, new, should, that, never, i are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, and, so, day, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines i, ' are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words i, ', dear, dead at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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