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

IN that delightful land, which is washed by the Delaware's waters,
Guarding in sylvan shades the name of Penn the apostle.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdecbdcfdgadagXfhffgXfijfeXeagaXkXhdeccdgaeX dalgmlfggffaekXhXgafbg eXljdcXcXeXfffaccflXgja ggahXalaechgagcfhacnfcjmlacXljjfX khfjX mhcejgdadXainbjdldle
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,22,23,33,5,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011011010110 10010101010010 1101001001010110 1101011010010010 1011110010010010 101110101111010 1001011010110111 100101001011010 1110111111010 110110101010010 101111001010010 1011001110110010 10111001110010 1001010110010 11101011010110 11010101010010 100100110111000 101100101011011 10010101010010 101101101011011 101001010110110 1101001111011010 111011010011011 111111101110010 1001101001011010 100100111111101 1011001101010110 00010111011011 10101110111111000 1101001111011110 1011000011010010 0101001010110110 110101110110010 101111110010010 10111111011010 100100101010010 1100111010010100 101101001010010 1011101010011 10111001010010 11011011011010010 11010111110010 111101011010010 1101001001111010 1001010010111010 11111101010010 101011010011010 101101110110110 10001011010111110 1101001010010010 1011011010010011 1110111000010010 10010101010010 1111001110010010 11100101010010 100101111011010 10101001010010 1001001001011111 1010010110011110 100101001011010 100100111111101 10111111010010010 11000111010011 100101010010010 1101011001011010 1111111001011010 101101010010010 001101100110110 110101101010110 100101110010010 11010110100100010 111101010010010 1010111010110110 11110010010011011 10111011010010011 110100101011010 1011011010111100 11010110100101010 10010111110110 101001110010010 1000101001010010 10001001101011010 1001010011010110 111101111011011 1001011001010110 1101001011111010 11111010011010010 11110111110100 1001011001110010 10010111010011 10110011010110 10010010111010010 111001001011010 11011010010010010 10011101110010 1101001010110010 10101011010110 101001011010111 11111001110010 111100101011010 100111010010011 111001010011110 11110111010010 1011010011100010 10100111011110 1001010111010010 100101110010010 100101101010110 111101010101010 11110111011010 10010101010111 101110011010010 111000111010011 11001101010010 1011011111010111 1001001010110010 1100011110110011 10010011010111011 10110100110101000 11011110011011110 1011011010110011 1010111011010 11010011010010010 11010111010110100 11101011011010 101001010010110 1011111010010 11111101010010 10110111010111 1101001011010011 11101101010110 10010100101011 001001011011010 100101110110010 100101111111010 10010111110110 10010111110110 100101111010110 11010010110010010 1010101010110 1001010010110010 100110010110011 10101101010010 001001011011110 101111011110011 1101010011000010 100101001110010 11010100010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1330
  • Average number of words per stanza: 238
  • Amount of lines: 148
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (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, and, not, had, in, to, on, her, she, from, sinking, his, all are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase darkness connects the lines.

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