This is an analysis of the poem Recollections Of Cornwall that begins with:
To R. G. R. and H. P. P.
Let not the mind, that would have peace,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaca defe egcg aafa Xehe cigi ejaj kaia ccec ekik jhXh deXX bchc eaXl eiei dkak emXm Xece Xaca caia bcic iael eaXl cnan
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01111111 11011111 11011101 10100101 010101001 11110111 101100011 10110101 010100100 110011001 110100101 11000101 10110011 10010111 01010101 101101111 01011101 110011010 10110111 01010101 11110101 11111101 10010101 1101001001 01010001 110111001 11001101 11111011 11110111 11011111 11110101 10110111 11010101 10110101 10010001 10111101 110100101 01011101 11011101 01010101 10010111 11010111 11110101 111101111 01011101 01010111 01010101 101111010 10011000 11011101 011101001 010011111 10010101 11111101 110110101 1101010 10010100 11010101 10110111 10110101 010010101 11011101 11000101 110100111 01110011 11010101 01100101 110101001 01010101 11110111 11010111 01110111 10110101 11110110 110101011 11110101 11010111 11010101 11010101 11010101 110101001 111001001 01011101 11110111 11011101 110001001 110011101 01011101 01010100 11110111 01010101 100110101 010101100 10110101 111111001 11001101 11110001
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 97
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word ah at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase names connects the lines.
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