This is an analysis of the poem The Lime-Tree Bower My Prison [addressed To Charles Lamb, O that begins with:

Well, they are gone, and here must I remain,
This lime-tree bower my prison! I have lost... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdacefgahXidiibca cabjgiaffkjahaXiifffliee bfXbibjXjjeembXjmkkjbifbkhkXbXdllX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,24,34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111101 01110110111 1011011110 11010101011 1111010111 1111011101 1101010111 1001011101 0111010111 01011000101 1101010111 1011010101 1101011101 10011111101 1100011101 1101011111 0101110111 1111010101 1111010101 00111 11101 01011101101 0101010100 0101111101 0111011111 0101110111 0101111101 0101111011 11010101111 110010101001 0011011011 01110111011 1101001101 01010111001 1001100101 11011010111 1001011101 1101110111 1011111111 1001011101 1011111111 1111001011 110010101111 1001010 001 1101111111 11110110010 01011101111 1111110101 1001010111 1111011101 0110011101 1001111111 11011011001 1101010111 1101110101 1111010101 1011111101 11011101010 1101010101 10011011111 1101100111 1111001101 1111011101 1100011101 0101110101 1100010100 1111011101 0101011101 11010101011 1011010101 10011010011 1011110001 11010101010 1111011111 11010111101 11110101001 1101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 204
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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