This is an analysis of the poem The Earth Waxeth Old. that begins with:
When yellow-lock'd and crystal ey'd
I dream'd green woods among;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaaab abaaaX cdcccd efeeef gbgggb ebeheb ibiiXb jhjjjh ebeeeb caccca bbkkXX laXllX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011101 111101 11110101 10111111 11010111 110111 01011111 011111 11011111 01111101 11110111 111111 11011101 010001 110011111 01011111 11010101 010111 11110111 010101 11010111 11010111 11011111 110111 11011101 1100111 01110101 110101101 11111011 110111 110010101 110101 11010101 01001101 11111101 110111 11011101 110101 11010101 00110001 11010111 010101 1101111 110111 110110101 01010001 11111111 110101 11001111 110101 11010101 01011111 01010101 0100101 11010101 111101 11111101 11010101 11110111 011101 1101001 010101 11010101 11010101 10110101 110111 01010111 110101 11010101 11111101 01001101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i, with, that are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words young, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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