This is an analysis of the poem The Lady Of Rathmore Hall that begins with:

Throughout the country for many a mile
There is not a nobler, statelier pile...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabba bbcddc bbceec ffaffa aagXag hhihhi hhabba ggjiij kkajja aafeef aalmml Xgieei hhjnnj jjdbbdXjjakka
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011001 1010101001 1101101 1010111101 110111111 1010101 1110110111 100010101 1011001 1100101101 1010101001 010001 010100101 110011101 1101011 111011101 0111101001 1101111 100011001 101101101001 11011011 110101101 111110101 10100101 1111000101 0011101101 1101100 0110111110 1101100100 0101111 111111001 1100101001 1010101 100110101 010101101 11101101 1101001001 1100110101 1111101 1010111101 101110101 00100101 1110111001 1011111111 01011001 1101100101 10111111001 1011110 1101011011 0101100101 0100101 1010101111 1010110101 1100101 111100101 1100111101 0101101 1011001001 1101000101 1101101 0101101101 0100111111 1110101 1010101101 011110011 0100101 0111101101 0100101101 11001101 01101011001 1111101101 11101001 01100110101 1011100101 1110101 101011101 10110100001 1110111 0010101101 1101111001 0011101 1110110111 01100111101 11101101 0010111101 1010111101 1010101 0101001001 010111001 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, and, to, its, her, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, its, a are repeated.

    The author used the same word with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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