This is an analysis of the poem Rugby Chapel that begins with:

Coldly, sadly descends
The autumn-evening. The field... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcacdedbfabb gXbdhdbefbie bbbhababdhe fchfdjg fdbkflbbcagXij mjdidbdnechabbh dadbdhkeolkjlaipjgieadacedXchbgdchdecdbahcnpndgpfhb hhlbeoellb bdbXlghXegb khdcfedqbdbemlqbbaapbadbob bbhblnbcXdkblkchd bcfhfdbpcelXkhapahodb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,12,11,7,14,15,51,10,11,26,17,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001 0101001 1001101 0101101 1001001 101001 00111111 0111001 00111011 1010001 101001001 0101011 111011 1111001 00101011 111011 111001 011001001 001001011 111111 1001101 01101001 111111 00101011 0111001 010111 1110001 00101001 01101101 101010 1111011 1011001 00101101 1111111 110001 1001001 111111 1011111 1011011 111001 00101111 010010011 1010101 1011101 1011001 1110001 001001111 110011 1110001 0100001 1010001 1101011 1101101 101011 1111010 1000111 0111011 1001001 0101101 111001 111111 101111 1011011 0111001 1010010 101111 101111 111110 111111 001110001 00101011 10101011 1111101 1010010 1001001 1011011 011001001 1010011 111011 1011001 1011001 01010011 1001001 1111011 10011001 1001101 0111011 10101001 1001111 1101101 101001 01010101 101011 101011 0101101 001101001 1001101 11001001 0011101 1101001 1001011 1111111 1011001 111011 0101101 1001111 1111111 1001011 00101101 10111011 1101101 100111 101001 1111011 1011011 1111001 1011011 100111 1001001 1001111 1011111 101011 01011011 111101 0111001 1011011 1001001 101011 1011011 1011101 111011 10001011 1001011 0001001 1111011 1110011 1100111 1001111 1011011 11010110 1001010 1101011 1101001 1011011 111101 001011111 1110011 1101011 111011 00101111 1101001 11010010 1101111 1011001 1101001 111101 1011111 10011011 1110010 1001010 1011011 100111 1111101 111011 1101011 0101001 1001011 1001011 1111001 1011011 1001001 1001011 0101001 1111001 1001011 1101011 0110001 111001 1011100 1001011 1001001 111001 1001011 11011101 1111001 1011001 1111001 1011001 011001001 111001 10001001 1001101 1001011 1001011 1001111 101011111 1001101 1110101 01001010 110101 101001 101011 1011111 11101011 1001001 1001011 1001001 1001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 527
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 208
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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, we, still, thy, of, in, your, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, path, whom, seem'd, on are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines alone, still are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words thee, hand at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases path, on connect the lines.

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