This is an analysis of the poem The Apparition: A Retrospect that begins with:

Convulsions came; and, where the field
Long slept in pastoral green,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXab cdbbd decce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01011101 1101001 010101100 10111101 111101 01000111 01000101 11011100 11110101 011111 11100001 0101001 111111001 11110101 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Apparition: A Retrospect;
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  • history of its creation;
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