This is an analysis of the poem Zyps Of Zirl that begins with:

The Alps of the Tyrol are dark with pines,
Where, foaming under the mountain spines,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa aaa aaa bbb aaa ccc ddd eee fff XXa ggg hhX iXi aaa eee ddd iXi iii aaa bbX XXX jXj Xee Xgg bXb kkk hhh XfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101101 110100101 01110111 011110101 110110101 0100100101 1111011001 1111001101 110101101 0101101001 011100101 1010110111 01011001 1010011111 010100101 00100111 1010100101 0010100101 110101111 1010110101 010011101 11010101 001110101 1100101001 1000110101 0100101101 101010100 010100111 1110110101 110100101 010010101 1110100111 10100100101 010110101 111100101 11111010100 111110101 01111100 001111001 111101111 111100111 111111111 111111101 1010110101 011101111 0101100101 111110101 1010101011 101010101 1100100100 110111111 1110100101 001101001 1010110111 1100100111 1011010111 1110100101 010100111 1010110111 11101100101 1011101111 1010011101 1001011101 101111101 0101100111 011101101 1111101010 1100110101 111110101 101100101 011110101 1010101101 110100111 010011110 010100111 111110111 01011011011 1101001001 11111111 010101101 111110111 111111011 1010110101 100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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