This is an analysis of the poem At Cape Schanck that begins with:

Down to the lighthouse pillar
   The rolling woodland comes, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXddX adcdcede aebeefaf abebcgXg bhahdbXb hhfheeie ijejXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110 110111 1001011 10100101 0010101010 1010101 001010100 101101100 1111110 101101 10011100 10111101 111011010 1010101 111001010 1010101 10010010 110111 1011010 101011 11011001 11001011 11001010 1100101 10111110 1001111 101011010 1100111 101101011 1000101 101011010 1100101 11001010 1010111 001001010 1101101 010010011 1101011 01001010 1100101 11001010 1100111 110010010 11111 110010010 1111111 110010010 111101 11001010 1100111 11001010 11011101 110010010 101101 011001110 11100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; with, and, of, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, and, the, that, of are repeated.

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