This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas From The Grande Chartreuse that begins with:

Through Alpine meadows soft-suffused
With rain, where thick the crocus blows,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbaa acacbX dbdbXe fgeghh ededii gagadd jejeaa ceceaa ieiekk aeaecc cacaee lfle ii amamll nanacc acacaa acacjj migiaa gcgccc bobomm didiee bjbjbb bcbccc ededcc bgbghh apapXm ogogjj pgpXbb XhXhbb ajajbb ihihee gcgcccb bbbmmg igimm ococee aeaehX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,4,2,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,6,5,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111101 01110101 101101100 01101101 01011111 11010101 001010101 01011101 11110101 1011101 11110101 10010101 11010101 11110101 10110011 11011101 10010111 0101001 110111110 11010101 1100100101 110100111 11011101 01000101 01111101 011100111 11001001 11011111 11010111 00100111 01011111 00111101 01010101 01010001 111001001 101110101 01011101 01011101 01000111 11010101 11100101 10010101 11110101 01000111 010100101 01010111 11111101 11110011 01101111 10110111 010100101 11001111 11010101 11011101 01010111 110111001 11000111 11000101 01011101 11010101 11110001 10110101 01010011 11011101 01010101 11111111 110010111 110111010 11011101 11111101 101110101 11100101 01110001 11011101 11101101 11110011 1111000101 01100111 11111111 11111101 10001101 010110111 01110101 11011111 100011111 010100001 01110111 11111101 11110101 11010111 11101101 11010101 111011111 11011101 11110111 11110101 10111101 10110101 11010101 00111101 10011101 0111001 10001101 11010001 01111101 01110101 01000101 11110101 10110111 10010011 11101101 10010101 10100101 10011101 01010001 01010111 10111110 11010101 11011101 11011111 11010011 01011011 11000111 11011101 10110111 11111101 11010101 11100101 11110111 10110111 010011111 01110001 11011101 01011101 11000101 01000101 110101001 11010101 11010101 10110101 10010101 11111101 10000101 11011101 111100011 11000111 11111111 00110011 00110101 11110111 11001101 01111101 10110101 11110101 001010111 11111111 01011111 11000111 10110001 11010100 10011110 11110111 01010101 001010011 11010111 11010111 1101110010 11011111 11110101 01111101 01000101 11000101 11011101 11010101 11011101 11011101 01010011 10111101 10011101 01010101 11010101 11010111 11010101 11110111 11110101 10111101 01010101 11111111 11010101 01000101 10111101 11100101 11011101 10110011 11010101 11111111 11111111 11110101 11110101 11110101 10011001 00110101 01010011 01000101 101000101 01000101 11110101 111100101 11011101 111100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 210
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and, to, me, of, silent, they, their, your, ye, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, i, till, silent, say, you, we, how are repeated.

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

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