This is an analysis of the poem An Autumn Ride that begins with:

Malvern
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bb cc dd ee ff ee bX gg hh bb hX ii aa ee bb cc aa bg jj ii ee ii hh gg cc ee ee bb kkXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10 0110100101 010110101 110111101 1011110111 110111101 010110101 11111001101 010100111 010100101 0101000101 011110111 110100101 010110111 111010100 110101011 1101010001 1101000101 110101101 110110101 110100101 0101100010 011101100 111101111 011100101 110101101 110100101 110110101 110110111 110101101 110110011 110100100 011101101 101100111 111111111 010101101 010101111 0101101001 010100101 111101111 111100101 110101101 1111011010 110100101 011110001 1101010101 111110101 110101101 011100111 111100111 010101100 111100111 010100111 111100101 110101101 011101111 010100101 111101101 1101011101 011011111 101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • 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, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words oh, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words no, he, could, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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