This is an analysis of the poem Suggested By Matthew Arnold's Stanzas that begins with:

That one long dirge-moan sad and deep,
Low, muffled by the solemn stress...

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc Xdedff ghghdd iefXgg jjjjcc cjcjgg fgfgkk ggggee lelebb XmXbee ncncdd ogogll bbbbbX fmfmkk bjbjmm cmcmgg gjgjgg jpjpoo fjfjqk X cmcmll raraee cjcjee kokoee Xjmjdd dedekk momobX dfdfee dmdXff jgjgkk lflfXb nfXfhh fbfbgg X hehenn nmnmdd kekekq fg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111111 11010101 01010111 01010100 01110111 111001001 11010110 01010001 010010101 11010101 01010111 101100101 11111101 01110111 11010111 11011111 11000101 110111001 110111110 11010101 10111101 011111100 11010101 1111011 10110101 1001001011 11011101 110100111 01011101 11110001 11110111 11011101 11010101 100011101 11011111 11110101 11011111 110100111 101100101 11101111 01011101 01111101 01111111 010101001 01010100 01011101 11110111 01011101 11011101 10010101 11010101 01010110 11010111 011010101 11010100 11011001 10101100 100010101 01011001 11111101 10111111 11110001 11011101 01111101 110100101 11000101 11010011 101101001 01010101 11000101 11001101 010011101 11110111 10010111 110101001 11000101 11010101 01000100 110011101 111111010 01011101 110101010 11010111 11111101 11111011 10010111 10111101 11011101 111111001 11010101 11010111 01010101 01111111 110100101 11111111 11110111 11010101 11001101 111011111 11011011 111011001 110010101 11111111 01011101 100110101 11010100 111110101 11110011 11010101 01111101 11010111 11111011 11010100 11110101 11 011111001 11111101 01010101 11000101 11011101 001101001 10111101 10001111 11011101 011111001 01001101 11010101 11001101 01110111 11111111 011000101 10101001 01010101 11110001 01010101 101100101 01010101 11110101 110101001 11110100 11011101 01111111 01010111 11011001 00110111 11111101 10111001 11010011 01010101 00101101 10111101 111001010 11010111 11011101 11110101 10110001 1001001000 11001111 11001101 11110101 11010101 11111011 11010111 11110011 100110100 11010011 01110110 11010101 11010111 11100101 11010111 010011101 010010101 10111101 11110101 11100101 11011111 00111101 11001111 01010110 01110101 11011101 11010101 11110101 0010001001 11111101 11011101 01111011 01110100 01111001 10011111 01110101 11011011 11 11110111 101101111 11100101 10111111 01111111 11011111 10111101 01110011 01111101 010011111 11110111 00011101 101101001 010101010 10110111 011100110 11011101 01110100 11110001 01010101 11111101 11110101 01010101 10100101 11011101 10110100 11111101 011100100 11110101 110000101 01000100 11010011 110010101 11111101 11001101 01111101 110100101 11110100 11010111 11010111 11111101 11010111 10110111 10000101 010010101 11110001 01110101 01010101 11111101 110001001 11111111 11010101 010001111 110100100 11011111 11110011 10110111 11111111 11111111 11010101 10010101 11110001 011100101 11111101 11011111 111000101 11110101 11011111 10011101 10010101 11110101 11010101 11010111 11100111 01010101 11101100 01011101 11000101 10110111 110111010 00111111 010111010 10110101 01011101 01001101 11010101 11010111 01011101 11011101 01111111 111100101 11010101 1111001001 11010001 00111101 11100101 01110101 10010101 11001101 110001101 11010101 10111101 11011101 010010101 01010111 11110101 11010101 11010001 11011101 11011111 11011101 11011101 11110111 11100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 52
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 311
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, their, it, of, our, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words its, that, it, and, the, oh, thus, he, when, till are repeated.

    The author used the same words thus, let, vainly at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase sleep connects the lines.

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