This is an analysis of the poem The Ledbury Train that begins with:

From Wind's Point hill at eventide,
I see the train go by ;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXbc Xdcd bdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111100 110111 01110100 010101 01010101 1101100 01100101 110101 11011111 010111 01011101 01101 01011100 110101 11111001 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; it is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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