This is an analysis of the poem Epistle To John Hamilton Reynolds that begins with:
Dear Reynolds, as last night I lay in bed,
There came before my eyes that wonted thread ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXdXeXX Xbbbaaffbbffa aggaabb hhbXeeaa iXhXdddd bbeebX hhbbjjeekkee gghhaaXbjjeeaallddj jaammhhllnnddiiXioobjjppoooX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,13,7,8,8,6,12,19,28,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101111101 1101111101 0111110100 11001001111 1101010111 1101010101 0101111100 1101000101 1101010010 11010011001 11001010111 1001110110 1111011100 01111111101 1111011101 1111011101 1101010101 111010101 1101010011 0101110101 1001011101 0111001001 0111010111 1101110101 0100110111 11001010011 01011010001 1001111101 0111011001 1101111101 0101001101 1011111111 1101011011 0101010101 1101110101 0101111101 1111111100 1111010111 0111110101 0111010101 1001010101 110101001 0101110001 1111001100 1101011001 1101111101 110101011 10010010101 01111011001 0101011111 1001010101 1001000101 1101010111 111101110 1101000101 0101010101 11011100101 00010010011 0101100101 0101011101 01001100101 1100110101 0100110111 01010001001 1100110101 0101110111 1111010111 1111000111 0100010001 1011111111 0011011001 1101110101 101001101000 1111110001 1101010011 0101110000 0101111101 1001010101 0101011101 1001010101 1001010101 01011100001 0100010111 0101010101 0101000100 11011001001 1101001111 0101010111 0101010101 0101001101 1100010101 0101111111 1110110111 11000111001 0101011101 1111010001 010101010 1101001111 1111001101 11010111101 010011110 1111110101 0111010111 0101010111 10001011101 1011111101 1111000101 0110010101 10110101101 1111110111 1001010101 1100110101 01011111010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 542
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 113
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, no, as, all, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, be, it are repeated.
The author used the same word you 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 moods connects the lines.
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