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

I.
The times are changed, and gone the day...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abab cdcd baba efef ghgh eeee fcfc aeae afaf Xe be ffff fafa X gdgd icic jeje ebeb faXa ckck fcfc agag cXcg Xajaj blbl cmcm X hChc acac fefe egeg fhfh nana eeee hChc Xaeae fafa aeae bjbj a fafa abab bibi fmfm X bnbn ef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,2,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,1,3,4,6,4,3,2,1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,3,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,5,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,6,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01111101 1011001 11001101 111101 01110111 010110 11001101 1101001 11001011 110111 01110011 110101 11010101 0101001 11010101 110101 11111101 1100011 01101101 111101 11010111 011111 01011111 0100101 11110101 010011 01011111 111101 11110001 010111 11010111 110111 01011111 111101 11010110 010101 10110101 110101 01000101 110111 11010101 110101 11010101 011101 11010101 110111 101010111 110101 1 11011101 011101 11010101 110100 11110111 000101 11010101 101101 11010101 010101 01010110 010111 10010101 011101 11011111 101101 11110101 110111 010100110 011101 11001101 010101 11000101 010101 11010101 01011 11010101 11011 100111001 000101 01101111 011111 01010111 010101 11011101 110101 1 11111111 111101 11010101 110111 11111100 101111 11010101 1100101 11111111 110111 01111101 110111 1 11110101 110101 01101101 010101 11011110 011101 01011111 010101 11111101 011011 11111101 110001 11011101 111101 11011101 110101 1011111 110111 011100111 111001 11010101 110111 11010101 111101 01110011 110101 11010111 011101 01110101 110101 01110111 011101 1 11110101 110101 11001111 110111 11010111 0111101 01010011 011111 100100101 110101 10110111 110101 11111101 111101 11110101 110101 1 11001101 111111 10010101 1001001 11111111 110111 11010101 1001001 110011101 010001 11011111 011111 11110101 010101 11010101 111101 1 11110111 011101 11011111 011111 01010101 110011 11010111 011101 11011111 110101 11110111 111111 01110101 010111 11110100 011111 11111111 110111 11011101 111111 11111101 0101111 111101001 110101 11111111 111111 11010001 010001 1 01011111 111101 110011101 010101 11111101 111111 01010101 010101 01110111 110101 11110111 111101 10011101 0101010 110010101 110011 1 0 010101 010101 10110100 111111 11110101 010010 10111101 111101 01010101 11110 1 11111101 100111 1 11010001 011101 01011111 010111 01110111 110111 01010111 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 010001 11011101 1101001 11000101 010111 01111101 1101101 01110111 0101001 1 11010011 110011 10010101 111101 11010101 1101001 11110111 011101 11010101 010111 10110101 011101 11011001 0101001 11010101 111111 11000111 110101 11110111 111101 11111111 11110010 11010111 110111 11111111 110011 11011111 110111 11110101 010111 01011111 010101 1 11100101 110101 11010101 010101 01011111 011001 11011111 110111 01111101 110101 01110101 010101 11111101 100101 01110111 110101 10110101 011011 10001101 010101 11011101 010101 01111111 1110101 10111100 100101 11111101 111111 100110101 010101 10110101 111001 11011010 010001 01011101 111101 11010111 111001 10011101 001101 01110101 011101 10010101 110101 11011101 111101 01111111 001001 1 010111101 111101 11110101 111101 11101101 111101 11110111 000110 11011111 110101 11010101 111011 01011011 1101001 11011111 110111 01111111 110101 11101111 011111 1 01111111 110111 11011111 101101 10010101 010111 01111101 110101 1 1010101 011101 10110101 111111 11100101 011101 00011101 111101 11111011 011101 11000101 111111 01111111 110101 01011111 110101 1 11111101 010100 01011011 111111 11110101 010101 11011101 111111 01110101 100101 01010101 010101 11010111 111101 01111101 001101 1 10110100 100111 01110111 0110100 01010101 011011 10110101 111111 11111111 111101 1001011 1101001 1 10011101 0 11 111 01010101 110101 11101111 011101 01010101 1101001 110111101 100101 100101001 110100 0100001101 0101001 11010101 100101 11110101 110111 11110101 110101 11010101 110101 01111101 010100 1 10111101 110101 10110101 110101 11010001 010101 01010101 010101 110111001 010101 11110111 10001 11110101 010101 01010101 010101 11110101 010101 11111101 110001 11110101 111101 11110101 110111 1 11011111 1101001 11111101 110101 10110101 100101 01011111 011001 11110111 1101001 11010111 011101 01011101 1001101 01111101 110111 11010101 110010 11011101 111101 1 11011111 010101 11010111 111111 01011101 010101 11110101 110011 10110101 111101 10111001 0 11101 1 10010101 111101 11010101 110011 11111111 001101 11111001 110111 11110101 110101 011101011 110111 10110111 110011 11011101 110101 01010111 110101 01100111 111101 1 11010101 010101 01010100 010101 01100101 111111 110101100 110101 11110011 011101 1110101 11011 11100101 101101 11001101 101111 1 11110111 010111 11010101 101101 11111011 010101 101100101 111101 11010111 011111 11011110 110110 010101000 1001001 010101001 111101 11111101 010101 11111101 1000101 11110101 110101 110100111 110111 11001111 1000101 11010111 110011 11010111 110111 110011111 111101 1 11110101 011101 11011101 111101 01111111 1100111 10111101 110101 111111001 110101 00111111 111011 101111101 110101 11010101 110111 01010101 110001 11111101 110110 11111111 110111 010011111 110101 11111100 110111 11110111 011111 11011101 101101 1011001001 111101 1 11011111 101101 11111011 101101 11010101 110111 01011011 010100 10010101 110101 11011011 111101 1 110101001 1111000 01011101 111101 111 111 01 011101 11011101 110101 11011011 000101 11010111 110101 10110100 101111 11111101 010001 11110101 011101 11110011 110001 1 10100101 011011 00111111 011111 1010101111 010100 010011101 011101 10111101 111101 111011001 110111 11110111 1110010 01001011 010101 11011000 110111 11110101 111101 1 110111010 011101 100101010 011101 010100001 010111 11110101 011111 11101101 011100 11010011 111111 01110111 011101 11110111 110101 1 10001111 110001 11011111 110101 11110101 011101 10110111 011101 100011101 011101 11111111 010111 01111101 110011 101101101 010101 11111101 110011 11010101 011101 11110111 110111 01011101 010101 11111101 100101 11111100 111011 11111100 111101 010111001 111001 1 0111 1101 010001 01010101 100101 101111101 011001 0110110 010111 01011001 110101 01010101 1 101 11 01010101 010111 11010101 010101 10111111 010101 11011101 011101 10110111 010011 11110111 110101 11111101 111111 11010101 111111 1 11111101 010101 11011101 110111 01010101 110101 11010101 011101 11011101 110101 011101001 010101 110111011 111101 01110101 110101 11010101 010111 11011000 111111 11010101 1101010 11010111 0101010 10111101 1001001 11011101 111111 1 10010111 100101 11010111 100111 11011101 0100011 10000101 010011 1 011101101 010101 11010101 111101 10011111 111111 110100111 011101 11110111 010101 111001 1 1 110101 10111111 110111 11110011 110001 11001111 110100 11111101 111101 11111101 110101 11010101 111101 11111101 011101 010001001 1111010 100101010 100101 110111010 1100110 11011111 001111 01011101 110101 11010101 110111 11111111 111111 11010111 011101 11011101 011111 11110101 101111 11111101 111101 11110111 101111 10010111 111101 11110111 110101 11101101 111110 11011101 111101 01110101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 244
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 877
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, it, not, thou, my, that, to, with, they, of, and, his, her, love, no, its, through are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, one, , thou, no, what, that, wilt, its, the, from, they, who, an, a, her, my, as, till, 'tis, through, thy are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, i, , a, when, through 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 is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words , ' 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 connects the lines.

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