This is an analysis of the poem The Faithful Shepherdess (Monologue) that begins with:

Through yon same bending plain,
That flings his arms down to the main, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaabbbbbaaccddeefdeeegghheeaaiiXfiieeaabbeejjkkeeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 11011001 11111111 11010101 10100101 1011101 1110011 01111101 11010101 01000101 1010101 11100101 1011101 1010101 0011011 1110100 1110100 1010101 1111101 1001111 01001100 1010011 00110001 0001111 001111101010101 1010101 0001111 1010111 1011101 00110 1010101 01010111 10101110 11101010 11111 11010101 011101 1110101 11110101 1111101 1010101 101101 1101101 01110111 11110111 01010101 11010111 01111111 1110111 1011101 11010011 100111 111111 10101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1794
  • Average number of words per stanza: 326
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; be, and are repeated.

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

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