This is an analysis of the poem The Fall of Needwood that begins with:

Ah, Needwood! I, whose early voice
Taught thy shrill echoes to rejoice;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeccff eegghhffiigghjeegg kkddddggaaXaggee aaccaakkee kkeeeeaacceeaakkggXggXddkk iiiiffXegghhff eekkkdccgghXff llkXiieeccggddggiicciigghhmmggdXccffaacc ggggaaggXf nnooggccffXiddaaggddbbllkkggddiiggpXggkkggeeffhhccggddeeee ggffddigghhggllaaiiaaii g
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,18,16,10,26,14,14,40,10,58,23,16,38,16,22,6,14,16,10,8,14,16,14,8,12,22,12,4,22,13,12,10,8,27,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 11110001 11110101 11111101 11010101 11010101 011101001 11111101 11110101 010110001 11110111 11111101 10110101 110010101 11010111 11001101 01011101 01110101 11011101 11110001 1111111 101100111 11111101 01001101 11110101 1101011001 10011101 11001100 11000101 11110101 11011111 10010101 11111101 110010111 111100111 11010101 01011101 11010101 10110101 01010001 010010111 011100101 11010110 110010001 101100101 11011101 110100101 10011101 100010111 11010101 01111111 11011101 11000101 01011101 11010101 101101001 101010101 110110101 11000101 10010101 100110001 01010100 11010101 11010101 11000101 101010001 01011101 101101001 01010101 11110101 0110101 11110101 10110101 1101001011 11010101 110010101 110101100 11010101 01010101 01110101 010111001 11011101 10010001 11111101 110000101 110111001 11100101 110101001 10111111 10110101 01000110 11110101 11010100 010010111 01010011 111010001 11010101 10010001 11010101 01010111 01010001 11011101 101100101 11111101 11100101 11111101 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11001101 11011111 01011101 11010101 11010111 01001101 11110101 11110101 111110011 10111101 1101101 11010101 01010111 01010101 01011101 110010111 01100101 111100101 11011101 11110001 010100101 11010101 010101101 10111101 11111101 10010001 01010101 11111111 11010101 11010001 11011111 01010101 11011101 11010111 01110101 110011001 01001101 11110101 01111111 11001101 11110101 111100101 11010101 11110101 11010111 11110101 01010101 11010001 11110101 11110001 11001101 11010101 11110001 110100101 10110001 11000101 110001011 010011001 110100101 110101101 11010101 110100101 11000101 11010101 01010111 101010101 11010111 11011101 11010101 11110101 01011101 11110101 11110101 11010101 11010101 01110101 11010101 100010101 11010101 10110101 11110101 010101001 11110101 110011101 01000101 01110111 11010001 01011111 111001001 01011101 11010101 0101001001 11111101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011111 11001101 101101011 11010101 110010101 11010001 01110001 11110101 10010011 10111101 100111100 11111101 11000101 11111101 010111100 10110111 01110101 110010101 11110101 11011101 11010111 10111101 10110101 10111101 10011101 11011111 10110111 11011111 1100101011 11010101 110101011 010111001 100010101 11110001 110010111 1101011 01011101 11011101 111101001 01110101 11010111 11011101 11110101 11110101 11011101 11011101 01110001 11011101 11011101 11111101 11010101 11011101 10111101 11110101 110011101 11001111 110100111 11011111 110110111 11010101 11000101 11010111 01011111 1100111011 110011101 11110101 11111101 11110001 11010101 11110101 01110100 11111011 11010100 11110101 01011101 01100101 11010111 11010111 11110101 01110101 11010101 01010111 11010011 111100101 11011101 11110101 11110111 11110111 01010101 010100101 010100101 11011101 11011011 11110101 11010101 0110101 110110101 11011101 01101101 11010101 11011101 01010101 11110101 01010101 01010101 101011101 1111001001 11110101 10111101 01010101 00111101 01000101 11010101 11110111 11011110 01111101 10011101 11010111 11110111 10010101 011011001 1011011 111101001 11111011 11110111 11010101 11010101 01010101 01011101 11010111 10010101 01011101 11011111 10011111 11011101 111101001 11010101 01011101 11011101 10110101 10110001 11011101 01011111 01000011 10110101 11010101 11010101 11000101 111111 11011101 11011101 110100111 10111111 11110111 10110101 11110101 11111101 11010101 110101011 11000101 11010101 01001101 11010011 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 35
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 605
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 582
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, my, his, and, you, to, her, no, so, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, you, and, what, such, rest, thy, this, so, if are repeated.

    The author used the same words o, yes at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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