This is an analysis of the poem Wendover that begins with:
Uplifted and lone, set apart with our love
On the crest of a soft swelling down... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba acda Xece Xbdb abXb acXc Xada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10011101011 101001101 11111101111 11011001 1001101001 101011011 001111101101 101001011 111011111111 101101101 111111111101 111011001 101011101011 111001001 111101101101 101101001 101101111001 101101001 111111011001 11011001 101011101111 11001101 101111101101 101011101 10110101111110 1011110101 111011001111 11011001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, and, life, it, ' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, 'was are repeated.
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