This is an analysis of the poem Lines Inscribed To P. De Loutherbourg, Esq. R. A. that begins with:
WHERE on the bosom of the foamy RHINE,
In curling waves the rapid waters shine;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeddbbeeffgg hhiibbddee ddhhddeegXddcchh XbbbbbggjjXdaakkbb ddggdXll hhffbbaaddeebbbbddXddeekkhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,10,16,18,8,27,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101000101 0101010101 1101010011 1101010101 0101101101 1001010101 101100101001 1001110101 1101011101 1011110101 0101010101 1101110101 10101010101 01110010101 0101010101 1111000101 0101011101 01010100111 0101010101 01110011100001 11001010011 110010101001 1101000101 1010101101001 1101111101 1101010101 1101010101 0101010101 11000010101 00110100101 1111011101 10011110101 11001010101 0101000101 10101000101 1101110101 0101010101 1001000101 100100001011 0101010111 110100100101 1101000101 1101010001 0101000101 1011001101 0101010101 11010101010 1101110001 1001010111 0101000101 1101010101 1011110101 010101101 0101100101 01011101001 0101010101 01001010101 1001010101 11110001001 1011010101 1101100101 1101010101 0101011001 01010101001 11111010101 0101010101 00110101101 010100001001 10010101001 1010100101010 1011010101 1001110101 110110101001 0101110101 01011101001 1011000101 11001110101 0101000101 010100101001 0101011101 0101110101 1011000101 0100011111 0101010101 11110101001 0011010101 1101010101 1001010101 11010100101 1111110001 11110011010 111111001010 01110100101 1101110101 1101011101 1011110111 0101110101 1111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 638
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 98
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; its, his, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words marks, the are repeated.
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