This is an analysis of the poem Ultima Thule: Old St. David's At Radnor that begins with:

What an image of peace and rest
Is this little church among its graves!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab bcbbc deddX Xfggf aaaaa fhbfh edXed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100111 001010101 101100101 010100101 11100101 110101101 10010100 1100100101 011110111 010010101 110111111 0011110101 010100111 011010111 101110111 10101100 10110010 110110101 100101001 110110100 001010101 11010111 101110101 101110001 101110011 010100101 010100101 11010100 1110101101 010101101 11111101 001010111 1111011010 11011111 01100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and is repeated.

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

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