This is an analysis of the poem A Vision Of A Wrangler, Of A University, Of Pedantry, And Of Philosophy that begins with:

Deep St. Mary's bell had sounded,
And the twelve notes gently rounded ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabccXd eXecdbdc ffXgbbbX hhhgiiig iiieaaaX iiiahhha bbdabbba dddjaaaj kkkeeeee ccceeeXe iiigaaag hhjlhXhl eeeebbbe hhjgeXeg hhhaiiia iifgfffg iiiigggi gggeiiiX fffdXffd hhjihhhi iiighhhX fffiiiii hhhgXfXgXhhhaiiia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 10111010 10101010 1010100 10111110 11111010 10101000 1000101 001010010 10111100 11111010 1011101 11101111 11101010 00101111 1010101 10111010 10100010 1010101000 1110001 10111010 10001110 11001010 0001110 101110100 101010100 11100010 10010101 11101010 00101010 10101010 1011111 11101110 10101010 00101010 1010101 100100010 00101010 1001010010 00111010 11101010 11101010 111001010 1010101 1011110 01101010 11101010 0010101 11101010 10111110 11101011 1110101 10111010 10101010 101011010 1010101 11101011 10101011 10101111 0110101 101111010 10101010 10101010 1010101 101010010 101001010 11101010 1001001 10101010 10111010 10101010 100001001 10101010 10101011 001010010 1010101 10101010 10101010 01101011 1010111 11100010 00101010 00100010 1010101 11101010 10101010 10101010 1010101 10001110 01101010 11100011 1110111 10111010 11111010 11111010 1000101 10101010 10101110 10101010 101011 11011010 10101100 11111010 0111001 10111110 10101010 01101111 1000101 10100110 10101001000 10101111 1111101 1001111010 1111010 10101010 0011101 10101010 101110010 00101010 1010101 10101010 1001101010 11101010 0010101 1001111010 10111110 10110010 1110101 10001101010 101101010 10101010 1110101 10101010 11101101 10111110 1011101 00101010 10111010 11100010 0010101 101010011 10111010 11101111 10101110 10111010 00111010 11111010 1010101 10011100 11001110 10101010 1011101 10101010 10111010 11101011 1010101 10101110 11101110 10001010 1011101 01101010 11100010 10101010 1001101 11101010 10101010 11100010 00101110 11101010 10011010 110101110 1110101 11111010 10101010 11101010 0111101 01100010 01100010 10101010 1011001 1110100 00101010 10111010 1010111 10111010 111010010 10100010 1010101 10101010 10100010 10101010 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 192
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ever, round, let are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, is are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases calculation, dearer connect the lines.

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