This is an analysis of the poem Edwin And Eltrada, A Legendary Tale that begins with:

Where the pure Derwent's waters glide
Along their mossy bed,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa aaaa bcbc Xccc dede cfcf gcgc fafa hdhd iaia jdjd cici cfXf ckck lflf cici hefe amam cccc ncnc ncnc nono fpfp pmpm bcbc jfjf mama clcl iaia ndnX nmnm fafa nXnc nnXn qpqX bqbq njnX aiai ifif bmbX dada mama hgfg aeXe aiai paXa cncn caca nmnm bfbf mamX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 011101 11010101 010101 01011101 110101 11010101 110101 11011101 011001 01110001 010101 11010110 110101 10011101 010101 11010111 110101 100010111 010101 11010001 111101 11010101 110101 01011101 101101 01010101 010101 10010101 010101 11010101 1000101 110101010 100101 010101010 110101 11010101 010101 11010101 110001 11110101 111101 01010111 010001 01011001 1101001 11010101 010101 11010101 110101 11010110 111101 11110101 110111 100110011 010101 01000101 010101 01011101 010101 11011111 000101 11110101 111101 110111110 010101 11010101 111101 100100101 111101 10010101 0111001 10111101 011101 11010111 010101 00010111 110101 11010111 010001 11010111 010101 10110101 110101 110101001 010101 11010111 111101 10111101 010001 10010101 010101 11110101 111111 11110101 111101 01010101 010101 0101011 110111 11110111 010001 10011110 111101 11010101 110101 11010011 010101 11010101 010001 01010101 1110101 00110101 010011 01010001 110101 11010101 110101 01010101 110110 11010101 110111 110101001 010101 010101101 111001 01010101 111101 11010101 100101 11010101 010101 01010101 010101 11010111 110001 1100110001 001111 1000010111 11111000 11010101 110101 110010101 110111 101010011 010101 11011101 0101100 101001101001 110011 11010111 110101 101110001 111101 11111111 111101 101110101 010101 11010111 1111110 11111101 011101 11000101 110111 01011001 110101 11010111 010101 011101010 110101 10010101 010101 11011101 110101 010100101 110101 11010111 011101 11010101 010101 01011101 110101 01110110 011101 01110101 110101 01010101 010111 11010111 111101 11101101 110101 101011101 010111 11111111 111101 1010100101 100011 10010101 010101 101110101 111101 01010101 0011100 11111101 110111 11010101 011101 01110101 1101001 10110101 100101 10101110101 110101 01111101 0101010 01011101 111101 10110101 1101100 1010010101 1010101 10010101 110110 101001101 0101001 01001101 1101010 11001101 010101 01001101 110101 01010101 110101 110100101 010101 11010111 011101 01010101 111111 10101110111 010111 11110111 110101 101111101 110101 11111101 111101 101110101 111101 11010001 0111010 1000101101 1010101 110011101 110111 1001000111 010101 11111101 011101 01010101 1011101 01011101 1101110 01010101 011101 11010111 010001 1000110101 1010101 11110101 111101 101111101 111101 01010101 010111 101011111 010111 11110111 111111 101010101 110111 01010101 110101 1001111001 010101 11110101 010110 101110101 111101 01010111 111101 101010111 1011001 10110101 110101 1010001010 010111 111111010 010101 101000101 010111 11010001 010101 101010101 010101 10110101 110101 101110101 110111 11011101 011011 1010011001 111101 11011101 110101 1000111111 010111 11110101 010111 101111111 010101 11110101 0101110 1011101011 100101 01011101 110101 11011101 110101 11110101 000101 11010101 010101 01011101 110101 11011101 010101 11010111 010101 11010101 110101 11011101 010111 01010101 010101 010101010 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 87
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 348
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; their, to, her, he, my, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, to, the, for, a, i'll, they, while, and, could, he are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, i'll, we'll, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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