This is an analysis of the poem Written In A Seat At Stoke Park, that begins with:

Not with more joy from the loud tempest's roar,
The dangerous billow, and more dangerous shore,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbccbbddccccXXee ccffccggffhhggbb iibbaaccggbbbb bbbbccjjggffkkff llccccmmbbddXdhhbb ffbbnnaabbbbggffgX ccbbaakkbbbbee bbooddmmcciiee ddbbbbhhhhjjbbb ffpdccaabbddbbggXbbffbbmmppbbcceeaagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,16,14,16,18,18,14,14,15,37,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011001101 010010111001 0101110101 1011000101 1101010101 0011001101 1100011101 0101001101 1111010001 10101011001 1111010101 0111101101 11111100101 10110010101 11011101001 0111011101 1111010101 0111010101 1011000101 0101010101 1101111101 11110110101 11011011111 010100101011 100100101001 1101011111 0101110101 0101001101 1101011101 0011001001 1101000101 1101000101 1011010101 11010100101 1011010101 1011011001001 10010001111 1101110101 11011100101 1011011101 11001110101 1111011101 1101011111 1111111101 1111010101 0101110101 01001001000101 1001010101 01011001001 10111100101 01010010101 1101011001 1111011111 11110011001 1111010101 0101000101 11110100101 0110010101 110010101010 01010001010 11001010101 1101010101 1111011101 11001011101 0101111101 1101010111 1101010101 11011010101 11010011001 001001010101 1101110001 1101010101 0101110101 0101010101 0101011101 1011110101 1111010101 01010101101 1101010111 1101011101 1101111101 1111010101 1111010101 0101010101 11010010101 0101110101 1101101111 0101110101 1101010101 01100001001 111101000111 10101001001 11111010001 1101011101 1111010101 1011010101 11010010111 1101000101 11111101110 11010101010 1101011101 11110100101 1111111101 100100101100 1101110101 1111001101 1011010101 1101110111 1101010101 0111111111 1101010111 0101010001 1111010101 11010000101 11010101011 1111001101 11010111001 0101110101 1111010101 11001110101 11110101001 1011110101 1101110101 1101110011 1111011101 0101110101 1101111001 01010111001 1101010101 1001110001 1111000101 0011010111 1111010101 1101110101 0101011101 1100010101 1111010111 111110111 1010010111 0101010101 1011111101 1011010101 11010111010 11000101010 1011010101 1111010101 01100010101 11110100101 1111110011 1101010111 1001110101 1111011101 1101110101 1111010101 1101010101 11010110101 110101001 0111010101 01110000101 1001110101 01010010111 0101010101 1101000111 110101001001 0101110101 0101110101 010100100101 1101111001 0101010101 1101011101 0101010101 1101010101 01010100101 0101110101 0100111111 1101101101 01010010101 0011000101 01001110101 1111110111 0101010101 1101110101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 737
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 183
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, their, whose, thy, that, and, my, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, the, not, ne'er are repeated.

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