This is an analysis of the poem William Bede Dalley that begins with:

That love of letters which is as the light
Of deathless verse, intense, ineffable,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac dede dfdf fXfa ghgh eeeeXcdch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 0101010100 1101010101 1101010101 1101110101 011000111 1001100101 1100110101 0111011111 0111110101 0101110101 1111010101 1111000111 1101010101 11001010011 0101110101 1001010101 0101001110 1101010101 1101010101 11010010101 1101011101 0101010101 0101010101 1001110101 11000100101 1111010101 1001010001 1001010101 1101000101 1101010011 11001011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.

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