This is an analysis of the poem Inscription 06 - For A Monument In The New Forest that begins with:

This is the place where William's kingly power
Did from their poor and peaceful homes expel,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXXcacbXabXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00011101010 0011110101 1001001100 0100010011 1111011101 1101001111 11011100101 1111000101 0111010100 1001011111 0101011111 1101111000 01010111010 1101100101 1111010111 1111100100 1101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 724
  • Average number of words per stanza: 125
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; he is repeated.

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