This is an analysis of the poem On Leaving London For Wales that begins with:

Hail to thee, Cambria! for the unfettered wind
Which from thy wilds even now methinks I feel,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcc adaddbdbb eaeaaaaaa fgfggdgdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101100100101 10111011011 1001110101 11000110101 1101000111 0111010001 11110101001 11010101001 1101001010100 1111010101 1101010101 110100111 11010101001 1011010101 01100001001 111101001 110101001001 11001111011 11001011101 0111011101 1101110101 1100011101 111011101 1101110101 1101110101 10010100101 0100101100101 111100111001 1111011101 1101010101 1011010001 1101001110 1101011101 11001010111 1101001001 111101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 398
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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