This is an analysis of the poem Mont Blanc: Lines Written In The Vale Of Chamouni that begins with:

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The everlasting universe of things ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcbbdcdeebX dffdddcagdcghififhdcdjakhhXkjbllXaalmX jeeajaiXbibadbdXjXddhadganngjajfjjfX bfddbijioajfXfobibpefepdaXfddjpfdpgcbcgeebma mpopjmdjocXXbcaaXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,38,36,44,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 0101010101 1101110101 11110010101 11010101001 0101010101 0100011101 1101010101 0011010101 11010101110 11110110110 1001100111 1 1101011101 110101011 1011111101 1111110101 11001000111 0011110101 1011110101 0101010111 11010101110 10010101010 0101111101 01110111010 0111110100 1101110101 0010010111 11100010011 1101000101 1100110100 1101000010010 0111110111 11010011010 1101011001 1001111111 1110010111 01111101100 1111011100 1101011100 1011010101 0011010101 11001111001 1101110111 1111111001 001100110 1001011111 1011111101 1101110101 0111010111 1 1111001001 10010111010 11010101010 0111111111 1101010001 0101111111 01110100101 1101110000 0101010101 10101010101 1100010101 11011001001 1101110101 0011010101 10101111101 0101010001 11010101011 11010010101 0101010101 1101011101 10110111000 0111011111 10111100001 1011110101 1001111001 01001010101 1101110101 01001001001 1101011111 1101011110 1111010101 1101110001 1101111101 1111011110 0101111101 1 0101010101 1011010111 0101011011 11110011101 0100011101 1001011101 110010111001 0101010111 0111011111 1101111010 1111110111 1111010111 10101001000 0101110100 1001010001 111110101010 1010010101 11111101110 11011100100 11010101010 1111001100 0100101010010 1101000101 11010101010 01100100001 100100111110 0101100101 1011010111 0101011101 0100011101 1000010101 0111110101 1111011101 1101110101 01110101110 1011010101 1110110111 1001010101 10110101010 10011101010 01110101110 1011000101 10110001001 1 11111101001 01110100101 1101110111 0011000101 0011010101 0111011001 1101100101 1011110101 1001110101 1011110001 01010011000 1100011101 1001010101 11011001001 01001010101 1101111111 0001011000 1011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1355
  • Average number of words per stanza: 224
  • Amount of lines: 150
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; now, and, of, sound, my, that, some, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, where, to, thou, in are repeated.

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  • central theme;
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