This is an analysis of the poem High Waving Heather 'Neath Stormy Blasts Bending that begins with:

High waving heather 'neath stormy blasts bending,
Midnight and moonlight and bright shining stars, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaab acaaac adaaad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110110 1111111101 10110100010 110010110010 110010011010 1001011001 11010111010 1101001101 10110110110 11010010110 10110110010 1001001001 101100110110 1001001101 10110111010 11111010110 10110011010 1011011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, their are repeated.

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