This is an analysis of the poem Lines On Woodstock that begins with:

We fancy the lustre of the old town is reflected
on the new. English Woodstock was a royal residence....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa aabbccddeeXXffaaXbffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001000110010 10110111010100 10111010 10101010 11001010 110001010 11110101 01011101 01110111 101010001 10100110 111100010 01010111 101111101 1011100011 11010111 11011101 010011101 1101001 01001100 10100110 001101010 110101010 11010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 429
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to is repeated.

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