This is an analysis of the poem To Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkelt, that begins with:
As when the sun above a dusky wold,
Springs into sight and turns the gloom to gold,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbaaccddddccXbeeaaffggeebbddbbbbbbffhhXXaaiibbfXddjjffeekkdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 64,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101010101 01001110101 1001010111 1101010101 11101110101 0101110101 11010101001 1101110101 1101010101 1101001001 1101101101 1001010101 1110001101 0101010101 01010101011 1011010111 0111010101 1111111111 1101010101 1111010101 1001011101 1111010101 10101010111 1111110101 1101110111 1101110101 1110000101 1101010111 0101011101 0101010101 1101011111 1101011101 1101111101 1110010101 1011010101 110010101001 1001100101 1001011001 10011100101 010101101 1111100111 11010011101 1111010101 1101010101 1101011101 0110011101 1111111100 1101010101 0101011101 1111010101 0101011101 01110101110 1101010101 11010110001 1001110111 0101011001 1111010101 1101011101 11110100101 1101011101 1001010101 0101110111 1011110101 01010011001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2799
- Average number of words per stanza: 488
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, such, thy, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
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