This is an analysis of the poem The Meeting Of The Dryads that begins with:
IT was not many centuries since,
When, gathered on the moonlit green,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cddd defe bgcg bheh icbc dcjc idid kblb XlXl lbhb bblb hede kmdm aibi Xglg efjXXciki
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011101001 11010111 01010100 010101011 01011101 01010111 11010011 010010101 11111111 0110100101 110011101 110011111 11011101 11110001 11010101 110101001 11010101 1100101001 11011111 010010111 11011101 11010101 01011101 010100101 11011111 11010101 11111101 11011101 11110101 11010101 01010101 11110001 11010101 11010101 10010101 1001001001 11010101 11010101 11010110 01010101 11010101 11010101 11010001 11010001 11010101 111100101 11010101 10010101 1001001001 11010011 11110101 10010101 11010111 01100101 110010111 11010001 110010111 11111110 11110101 11010001 11110101 11011101 110010101 11111101 11110111 11010101 10110101 01111101 11010101 10010001 110010101 01000101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; with, his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word 'go at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Meeting Of The Dryads;
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