This is an analysis of the poem The Rock-Tomb Of Bradore that begins with:

A DREAR and desolate shore!
Where no tree unfolds its leaves,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccddX cccceedccfXdadX ccgggaaccadXXfhhiXiifX cchhddjjaffabajjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,15,22,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111001 1110101 11000111 1110101 0101011 1010101 1100111 0010010 0100001 110101 111101 1010101 100101 011101 0111001 1011101 110111 101101 101011 110111 010101 100101 1100110 110111 010111 1011001 010111 11010101 1001001 111001 010111 010101 111101 0010111 111101 0101000 010101 011101 110101 110 110111 110 110 11010111 111 010111 110111 110011 111101 101111 10110111 111101 010101 111111 110101101 01001111 111111 1110001 101101 0100101 11000101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, her, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thy is repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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