This is an analysis of the poem Evangeline: Part The First. Ii. that begins with:

NOW had the season returned, when the nights grow colder and longer,
And the retreating sun the sign of the Scorpion enters.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbadefcbghicgcbbgjkeb hlcalaagcXefbacbaXbgbXhcchbe ahjXhXaghjbcadiabae cbmjcdXXlbXmccXjXjcbhcejXhccXmcdhkbXabggkeXjXXXbgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,28,19,50,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001101110110 100101010010010 10101101010011 100101001010010 100100110010010 10010010110010010 1010101011010 100101001110110 1011011010010010 110100111010010 11011010110110010 1101010010010011 11010010110011011 110101001010011 1101011101010010 1101001110010010 1001011010010011 101001011010010 1001111010011011 100101101010011 101001010110110 1001001110010010 1101101001010110 1100001011010110 10010111010111010 1101010011010011 100111110111110 10110010010010010 1110011000010010 1001111010110010 1001111010010010 110101001010011 1111001001010011 1010010110010010 100101001011100 10010111010010 100111101011010 1001011101010011 10010101010010 10010111010010 1001001011111110 1011110010110010 100101101010010 100101110110010 10010111110110 100101111010010 00010101010010 1001011010010011 10110110110010 100100101010011 100101111010110 011101110110010 100111111011011 1001011001010011 101100101010010 1001111110010010 101001011010011 1001001101011010 110100111010011 10010111110010 111100101010011 101101011010010 1101011010010110 101101110010010 10010010111010010 10010010011010011 1001111010010010 10011010010110010 10110010110011010 101100101010011 111110111110010 100101101111010 1011101110110011 110101010111101 10001001111111011 10101111111010 110101101110011 1001101111010011 10111011111010 1001101110110011 111101011010010 100101011010011 1001010010110101 10010001110111110 100100111110110 10100001111010010 101110100111110100 1001001011010111 10010010110110010 11111101011110 1001001011010011 110110001111010 1010010011010011 000111001010011 1001001001010010 111001010110010 11101101010010 101011100011010 101101111110110 11100100100110011 1001101110011010 10010101111110 10010110010111011 100101010010010 110100111110011 1001101011010010 100101110010010 1011010010111111 10011101011010 111001011010010 1110111011111010 110111100010011 110110101010010 1011011110011010 101011010110100 101001100010110 1111011010010110 1011010110010010 1001011011010110 111110101010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1938
  • Average number of words per stanza: 342
  • Amount of lines: 120
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, with, and, their, in, thou, her are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Evangeline: Part The First. Ii.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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