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

FOUR times the sun had risen and set; and now on the fifth day
Cheerily called the cock to the sleeping maids of the farm-house.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdefce gbahifeceXXfeeecXfjf bckcjfkXklmjjlc iccefklcgfenjecieeXfXfe flfcoidkcccjllcbfpcjeb fcXkhXkkibf foXenfbXfkee cjcdfckjkkkcmkencnXfeXpcXcfike
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,20,15,23,22,11,12,30,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111011111011 100101001010011 1100101010110010 1001001011010010 100100111110011 10110101111110 110101101011011 11111101111010 10110111110011 1001001110111011 10010101110010 11101101010011 11101110010010 100101101110010 1011001101010011 1001011011010011 1011101110010010 100101011010010 10110110010111110 11111010011110110 101111010010010 100100101111110 110111110010110 110100101001010 101001010010010 111010110101100 10111111010111011 1001011010011010 1011100110010010 111001010110010 1101011100100010 10110110010010010 111001010010010 11101110010011 110111011010110 10000110111010 1001111110100110 101111110011010 111001001111011 110100110100011011 1001001001010010 100110111011011 101001011010011 100100111110010 1010011010110010 10010101100010 1010110110111110 110101011010010 1101011010110010 1001101010110010 101111101111011 101100110101010 10100111010011 1001001011010011 101001001111010 100101101010010 101111011010010 101101010010010 1001001010010010 101001010010110 111110101010010 110101001010110 1101110010010110 1011011101110011 1011011011010010 101001001110010 11100111110010 110111010101010 100111101010010 10101110010010 10010011011010010 10010010101010010 100101010110110 1101001110010011 1101011010110010 100100110010011 10110111011011010 1010100101011010 1001011011010011 1010111111111111 10010110110100101 100001001010010 111111101111010 10111011010011011 1101110101010010 1001111011010010 1001101001011010 1111101101110010 1111101111010010 1001001011010011 1101010101100010 1011001010110111 10011010110111010 1011010011010010 1101101101110010 10010110110010 11111011010010010 1101101101011110 100110111001011 100101010011010 1110001011011111 10111111010110 110111110010011 110100101010011 100111110010010 1101011010011010 1101011110010010 1001010110110010 10110100110010011 1011001010010010 11011011011011010 1111110110110011 101001110011010 11010101100110010 111111010110010 1001111011011011 10010101011010 100110001011010 11010111010010 100111110011010 10111101010010 1111001110010110 10011101010010010 10010111010010 101001010010011 10001101111010010 110101010010010 100101111010010 1110111011010010 1101011000110111 110101010010010 100100111011011 1001001010110010 101111110010011 1101001010010010 1001011010011010 1001001110010010 1001011010010010 0011001110110010 110001101110010 100100101110010 10010011011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 207
  • Amount of lines: 142
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, their, his, of, no, from, not, he, in, on, her, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, vainly are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her is repeated).

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