This is an analysis of the poem Teignmouth that begins with:

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Here all the summer could I stay,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbccb XddeXXe XbbfXXf Xggehhe aiifaaf ajjXhhb XjXXaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11010111 11101 111 1110111 11101 11111 1101101 1 111 1111 1101001 11001 00101 11000101 1 1011 011 001101101 10101 00111 1110101 1 10101 00111 0101010 10101 00101 11001010 1 10101 0111 11101010 10101 10101 101101010 1 1111 0101 101101100 11001 10101 1011111011 1 1111 00110 110010110 1111 10111 11001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines teign, brook are repeated).

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  • summary of Teignmouth;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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