This is an analysis of the poem To Milton that begins with:
MILTON! I think thy spirit hath passed away
From these white cliffs, and high-embattled towers;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacaaccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10111101101 01111101010 01010010101 1100010111 1011100101 01111111010 11111100110 1111010101 1001011111 0100110001 11001010101 1101110001 11010100001 1101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 735
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, this are repeated.
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