This is an analysis of the poem On A Spanish Cathedral that begins with:
DEEP under the spires of a hill, by the feet of the thunder-cloud trod,
I pause in a luminous, still, magnificent temple of God!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXa ddccbbaa ddeeffbb aagghhdd ddffddhh bbffddbb iiaaaajjXddggffdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11001001101001011 1100100101001001 10100101001001001 11011001101101001 11001001001001001 101001101010100001 010010010010110100 11001001001001001 1100100111101101 10101100111001001 101001001001101001 0100110111001010 01001001001011001 1110100111101001 110011011101001 11101000001011001 11011001001001011 11011001001001001 01011001101001011 1100100111001001 0101101111011001 001001001011111101 01011001011101001 1110110111101001 10101100111101001 11111100101111011 10100100101001001 1100111111101011 101001001001010111 11000110111011011 1110101111001011 11001001001001001 0010010011010010101 1100110101011001 0100100101011001 1101010111101001 001001011001001001 11011011110010001 010101001001001001 11101011001001011 11011011001011101 11011101101001110 00101110111101001 1100101111011001 11011011001111001 10100110101011011 1100100101011111 0100100111111101 01001001011001000 01001001001011011 001011011101001001 0101100101001001 01001001001001001 11001101101101001 1111101001101011 111001001101101101 111101001111101011 11001001101001001 11110101101001001 10101100101001001 11101111101001011 1100110111111001 10101101101001000 001001001101001011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 562
- Average number of words per stanza: 105
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in, and, by, their, they, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the, and are repeated.
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