This is an analysis of the poem By The Annisquam that begins with:
A Far bell tinkles in the hollow,
And heart and soul are fain to follow:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaB aaab ccXB ccXb cccB dddb cccB cXcX dddB cccb eeeB XffX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011100010 111111010 100111010 1001 011111110 010101110 011110010 1101 010101110 010101110 110101110 1001 010101010 1100101010 110101010 1101 010101010 0111001010 111001010 1001 011100010 110111010 111111010 1111 010111010 111111110 111101010 1001 110101010 111111010 010111110 0111 110111110 011101010 011101110 1001 010001010 111001110 110111010 1101 1100101110 1101101110 110101010 1001 110101010 010101110 110111010 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, bye are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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