This is an analysis of the poem Mending Wall that begins with:

Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcbdecdcfeaccgXhiXjjeafijXkfbhgbXAjkeXfXhdaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010110101 1101011100 1101010001 1111011101 0101000101 1111001101 1111111101 11110101010 0101010111 1111011101 11011011101 1111010101 1101110101 1101011101 1101011111 01010111001 1111111101 11010101010 1011101111100 11110101000 1101010111 1101010101 1100111101 10111111010 1101010101 11011001111 1101101010100 010010011110 0111010001 10111010000 1111111111 0111011101 1111001101 1011110110 1010110101 11010111100001 10110101110 1101011111 1001110101 0111111101 1101010101 1011010101 10110101010 1111010011 1101101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2034
  • Average number of words per stanza: 392
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, them, we, to, i, of, he are repeated.

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

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