This is an analysis of the poem From 'Arcades' that begins with:

O'RE the smooth enameld green
   Where no print of step hath been, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdeefaa Xd ggddhhiXjjfXaaggfdklXmnnmmhhoonngg X XX aiaiiillnnlXmm X XX lbnblppN eXeeppiimmjjhheeeeggnnN ppXaaXjjggjl X XX ddddllddXbXbXbbXqqqqqqmXggaaXXbbggaaaaggaaddXhkk llggllqhlqhlglibbemaaXiigagajjijjibbXamXaaaXmmlmloXoddhhalajljllgmeglmgXgmmmmii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,2,34,1,2,14,1,2,8,23,12,1,2,48,193,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001 1110110 101111 110101 100101 010111 101 1011111 1010101 1100 10101 10100111 1010 1 01110101 1010111 1010101 01010101 0011001 10110101 1010101 10010101 0010001 1110111 1111100 111100 1110101 1010101 1010101 10101001 11110100 01110101 11101010 1010101 10110101 10110110 0111011101 10010100101 11010111 1011010101 11011101 01110101 11011111 1110101 1110101 1011111 1111101 0011001 11011 1110 110 1101011101 101101 1110101 10010010001 1011100 1001011101 1111100101 11010101 1011 1001101 1111 1101010001 1110010001 110101011100 11011 1110 1010 01010101 1011110 100110101 110101010 0110110101 1011101 1000101 1011 1010101 0101100 101101001 11011001 11010101 10100101 11010101 11110101 1100101 1011101 110101001 1010101 11100011 1110101 10111101 10010101 11011101 01110101 11111101 011011 11001111 11110101 1011 010011010101 1101110101 11010010 1101010101 01011101 1001010 1010101 1111101 1010101 111111 1011101 111 11011 1010 1 010100000010111 1110111 1110101 10011001 1110101 1010101 010010101 11010101 010101110 100111001 010101010010 1011101 11010101 1110101 01010101 1110101 1010101 100100111 1001101 1010111 11001001 11001101 10101110 110101100 1010011 01011101 101101001 11010101 0101001110 10110110 10010101 11010101 1000101 10011001 11011001 1111111 11110101 1111111 1000111 10110111 1011111 0010001 1011101 1110101 1111101 1010101 101100 1011100 1111110111 1101010101 1101110111 101101 10110101001 1001110101 0110011101 1100011101 1100111101 1111110011 0101110101 1111010101 1011000101 01010101001 1011000101 10010101101 0111010101 1001011101 111101 0101101101 111101 1111001101 1101010111 1011110111 1001101101 10010011001 1101110101 1101110101 1011001101 1101111101 0110111001001 1101010011 100101 110111011 0011110101 1110010111 1101011111 1111110101 1101011101 01110101100 111101 0111010101 111101 10110101110 1101010001 1110010111 11010111111 110111 1100110101 1011100101 1101011100 1100110101 1111010101 1101010101 1111010101 111101 1111111111 11010111001 0101101001 1101010001 11011101001 0101010111 10110001001 1011001001 0101010101 1101010101 0011011101 0101010001 100100101 10011011011 1101000101 010111010010 1011011101 1101100101 1011001001 1101111101 10011111001 1011111101 1001001 1101101101 1111011111 1101001101 1101010111 0111010111 110100111001 1101010101 1111100101 111101 1100010001 1101001 1101110101 1111110101 11010010101 11011101000 1110010 1110001101 1101100101 0111110101 110010101 0111011001 1010110101 1111110101 110100101101 0101010101 1001011101 10110100101 1111111101 111101 0100010101 1101110101 01010010110 11010011110 1111111111 1001111101 1101110001 0101110101 1101010101 1101010101 11011011101 0111111101 1001010101 1100111111 1111111101 1111010101 0101111111 1101101111 1100110101 0110110101 10010011101 1111010101 1100111111 101001101 11110101001 1101110101 1111000101 1101101101 0111011101 11110111001 1101111001 11011101010 11010101010 1011110101 0101111100 011101101 010100 0111010110 0101110101 1100101101001 1100010101 1100011101 0101011101 1101010101 1111100101 1111011101 1101111111 1001010100 1101100101 1001000101 1101011110 1101001001 1011000101 10110011001 1101011101 1111010101 1111010111 1100110011 1110010101 1101100101 1110010101 1101101101 1001000101 1100111101 1011011101 1101110101 01010101110 1101000101 0011010111 1101110101 0101110100 1111001101 1101110001 1100010111 1111010001 0111011100 01110011001 11011101011 1011110101 11010101001 01011000101 1101111101 1111000101 1111110101 0100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 954
  • Average number of words per stanza: 159
  • Amount of lines: 355
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words listen, and, or, nor, the are repeated.

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

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