This is an analysis of the poem Malham Cove that begins with:
There is threat in the wind, and a murmur
of water that swells... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeXfdbXdgegbhfcfgbc XijidigikbhdadbbeebbfX hlmhdlahanddhdmgndohnco hbXbbbfbhaahfhdapnXhhX kghebggepqfhahaqcrXqbr Xichgiphfdeeeeidqogego bbdoibdofepdhdXefpdddp daebaadXedpdsdXddeedde pjdbpjibgbejgjabbcdjac dfgeafgXXcfhghdcenecsX jhXtchbtqepeeegerpcXep
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,22,23,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010011010 01011 10010011 01101 1010110010 0111 10111001 101001 0011010010 11001 010011010 11001 0010011010 1111 0100100100 01001 1000011101 101001 11001011 11001 010010110 01001 1001100 1001 001001101 11001 1001101 11101 00100110100 1001 0110010110 11001 111011010 01001 1011010110 01001 10000101 1010001 101001101 101001 110011110 01001 1011010010 110100 1010100010 11111 101001011 11101 1010110110 11011 010110010 0111 11001110 1101 10101100100 11101 110010010 11101 1 1010011011 01011 100011010 01111 11101001 00101 110111111 11001 101101101 001011 1010010110 001001 0101011 111101 110010010 11011 00110101000 010010 10110111100 1001 1010110110 11001 1010010110 010110 0110110010 11011 01110111000 01101 110110111 01101 110010110 11001 11110101 11011 10110010 01001 110010010 11001 101010110 01001 1110011110 01101 011111010 001011 0010110010 11101 1010011101 11101 111011111 101101 1010010010 11001 10011011 110001 1011010011 11111 1011010010 1111 1011010010 11001 11010011 11001 111111010 01101 0010011110 01001 011001001 101001 0101000010 01001 0011100010 100001 11111111 11001 0010111010 01101 0010011010 01001 1001001 101001 10011110 11001 111111110 1101 010001101 01101 011010111 1111 0110101000 0111 011110110 11101 11111001 101001 1101011 10111 111010010 111010 1010011010 1011 1110011010 010010 1111001 01010 111101 011001 11111010 10111 001010010 1111 00100101100 01001 1101010110 0101 101011001 1111 101001010 1111 111010010 0111 0010001010 01101 0010011110 11111 1010010010 01011 0011010010 1111 0011011010 01001 101001101 010001 0010010010 1101 1001101 11101 011011010 01011 111110010 01001 001001110 10011 101110010 101 0100110 11001 01001010 11100 11011111 0111 1111010110 11001 111111010 0101 1010010010 1001 10100101 11011 11111001 1111 1111010 11110 1111101 1101 1101011 11011 01001011 1010 1101001 1111 1001001 1111 1010110010 11011 01101001 101101 11111101 111111 01011011 01001 1010010101 0111 001001001 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 629
- Average number of words per stanza: 120
- Amount of lines: 243
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, without, and, that, to, heart, i, thy, he, in, not, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, we are repeated.
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- summary of Malham Cove;
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