This is an analysis of the poem Chillingham that begins with:

I
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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXc bdbd X caca efef ghgh didi X jkjk ifif lhlh mbmb hfhfXgege
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101010 010111 011010 010101 011110 01011 011010 10111 1 1011001011 10111001 011101111 1011111 1011000111 1011101 01001010101 10101001 1011010111 1011111 01011110101 10101111 1011001101 01001001 11101011101 1110010001 1 11010101111 1011 1111010111 010111 1111011101 0011 01111101101 100111 11001010001 1111 1011010111 01001001 01100100101 1001110101 0101000101 011101 11010001001 1001 1011010011 100111 1111011101 1011 01110010101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words o, bring at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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