This is an analysis of the poem To Ned that begins with:

Where is the world we roved, Ned Bunn?
Hollows thereof lay rich in shade... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXc Xdddee XfgXfhh bigiddXcacadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111011 10111101 1100101001 11110111 01111111 110111111 1 11010110 110000101 01010111 11110101 100110110 0101000101 01010111 11010101 011101 0101000110 1 11010101 11011100100 11110101 110101001 010011010 11101001 110010101 11110010111 11010101 010010101 11010101 01011101 10010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; years is repeated.

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

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

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