This is an analysis of the poem Lenore, A Tale that begins with:

LENÓRE wakes from dreams of dread
At the rosy dawn of day,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefffgagaacaccbcbgbgbahahafXfXihieheXjXjecacXXgigeXeficiXhgXgaIaihahadbdXfjfjIaiahghgbkbkceXekhkhiXiXlmlmcnXXcacaehehakaXaoaobabXlalafafXnknkcFcfcecXHAXajejechXhkbkblklXapapcFCFcacahAXabfbfnanXcicicFCFceceHAXahghgXacXheheababbXbghehehchcgqgqkbkbcgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 256,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 1010101 1111111 10100001 10100111 11010101 1110101 0011001 10010101 1010101 10100101 1010011 1010101 1110101 1110101 1010101 11111001 1011101 100101001 1110101 1110101 101011 1011001 1010111 1010111 1010101 1111101 10100111 1110101 1000101 1010101 1000001 1010101 10101101 1111101 11000101 11101010 1010101 10110101 1111101 10100101 1110101 10111001 100101010 1011101 10011101 1011111 1000111 11110101 1011101 1101101 1011101 1011111 1011101 1110101 1110101 1110101 1010111 1011101 1110111 1000111 1010001 10001001 100100100 1010111 1110101 100111010 10101111 1110111 1010101 101001101 1111101 1010111 1010101 1101101 1111101 1110111 101011001 1010101 1011101 1010101 1011101 11101101 1010111 1010101 1110111 1110111 1111101 1010001 10101110 1010101 10100010 1010111 01110111 11010101 110110111 1010001 1011011 1110101 1010101 10100111 10100101 1000111 1010101 1110101 1111111 1101101 1111111 10101010 1110111 10101010 1011101 1110111 1100111 1111111 111011010 1010101 1011101 0110101 1111111 1011101 1010101 11010111 1111101 1010101 11101101 100110001 1111111 100110101 1110111 01010111 1011101 1110111 1011101 1111101 1110101 11111010 1110111 10111110 10011101 1111111 1010101 10011101 1010110 1111001 1011101 1010101 1011101 1111101 1010101 10101001 1010101 1011101 11111001 1010011 1111110 1110111 1010101 1110111 1111101 1010111 1010101 1011101 1011101 1011001 1010101 1010110 1010001 11011111 11111111 1110111 1110110 10110110 1010111 100101010 1110101 1010111 1011101 1011101 1110111 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010101 0011001 1110101 1010011 1111101 1110111 1010101 1110111 1111101 1111101 10111001 10100101 1010101 1110101 1011111 1001101 1011101 1111101 10100111 1010101 1010101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1110111 1010111 1010011 1010101 1110111 1010101 1110111 1111101 1011101 1010101 1110101 111101 1111010 1010001 1111101 1010101 1110101 1010111 010010111 10011101 10101001 1111101 1011101 00111001 1110101 1010101 010011101 11101101 0011101 1011101 01000111 11101001 1011101 10010101 0010101 1110101 1011111 1010101 10011101 1011111 1110101 1011101 1010111 1010101 10111101 110101010 1111111 10011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 8595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1524
  • Amount of lines: 256
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, my, thou, nuptial, and, far are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words can, now, whence, who, see, all, far are repeated.

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