This is an analysis of the poem Brockley Coomb that begins with:

Lines composed while climbing the left ascent of Brockley Coomb, May 1795
With many a pause and oft reverted eye... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abXbcdcdefefaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011100101010111 01001110101 1101011101 1001111100 11010011111 11001010001 11111010001 0011000101 0111010111 1101110101 1111110101 11001110101 1101000111 11110111101 1101110101 1111011101 0101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 400
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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