This is an analysis of the poem Ultima Thule: The Iron Pen that begins with:

I thought this Pen would arise
From the casket where it lies--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba aaca ccXc bbdb bbXb ddad eeXe ccXX ccbc ddXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101 0010101 00110111 111101 111011001 1111001 001000111 11011001 10101001 0100101 11001011 00100101 10100101 1110111 10101101 01001101 1100111 10101001 101001001 10100100 111111 10101101 00101001 1111101 1111101 0110101 0011111 1011111 1110111 0010101 10100101 01101100 10111011 111011101 101101001 11001001 10100100 10100101 101001011 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same words that, i, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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