This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas To Augusta that begins with:
When all around grew drear and dark,
And reason half withheld her ray— ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded dbdb fbfb gaga bdXd ebXb dhXh iaiaXcbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011111 11010101 11110101 11011101 01111001 11010101 11000111 01010101 11011111 11011111 11010101 11111001 11010101 11110101 11011101 11010101 11010111 110101011 11010101 11010101 11110111 11010111 11011101 10010101 11110101 11101101 11010100 01010100 01110111 11111110 0100010010 011101101 11111111 11011111 110011010 01110101 11010101 01010101 11111011 11110101 11111101 01111101 11010111 101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, thy are repeated.
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