This is an analysis of the poem Lords Of The Visionary Eye that begins with:

I CAME upon a pool that shone,
Clear, emerald-like, among the hills,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXcXccdcdacaccacaacacefefghghddddaiaiXjXjeaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010111 110010101 11110101 01010101 11111101 11110111 01010101 01111111 010001100 11010101 11110101 11011111 011111001 11110101 11011101 01011101 11010111 01010101 11111101 11011111 01010111 01010111 11010101 01110101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11100101 11011101 11010101 11010111 11011111 11110101 11011111 10010101 10110001 11110111 01110101 10110101 11010101 01110101 11010101 01011101 10010101 11111010 10111101 11010100 01111101 01011101 01111101 11010100 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1833
  • Average number of words per stanza: 354
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; that, and, knew, i, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

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