This is an analysis of the poem Hymns Of The Marshes. that begins with:

I. Sunrise.
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccddcccddXef ffgg ghhXeaa eebhhbbbbgghh aaaaggiijjggkkk hhff glhhhheelgaaiXeeffiigl aaaalg ffddmmiimmff kkffddnnooaaddggaappnniiXb Xfggggg ggghhaabbff oooXdbbbnnb iiiiXkiiaaaaabb nniiiibbbbbbbb agaGeGgggbb X l fgffg pgppX eaaaa ahaah kbkkb geXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,4,7,13,15,4,22,6,12,26,7,11,11,15,14,11,1,1,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,3,2,5,5,6,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,1,1,5,5,5,1,1,11,6,17,14,13,4,6,8,16,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111 011111011011 001101101 01011111101011 11001001001101 1010010001110010 110111010 100101 11100100101 00100101001001 100111110100 010110100 1101001011101 100100 010111 1110111101011101 111101101011101 01100100 1010010011110111 1111011101 111001101011 01111111111 11101011010001 101111 1100101 011101001101001 1101110101111 101101011001101 011001001011 1 1111111111 011010001001001 1011001001001 101001111001001 1001 11111 01101011011111 1 11011111111 1101001001 11001001101 11001111011 10100111 11110111011 1011101111 111001011 10110111101 10111101111 001011001001 110101011 01001011011 1111 111011001100001 1101001 11001001 11001001101 11100111 11111001 1001110101 11010100 010101 1111011101 0101011101 1101010101 01010000101 0111110101 111100 10110010101 1111010101 0101111101 1101000101 11110100 1011110111 01001110111 10010011111 1101110101 0101111111 1111111011 11011101 1101011100 01011010101 1001010101 11010110001 0100010101 11011100 0111110111 11001101 11001101 0011110010110001 0010100110101001 11111111001001 011010101001 11011001101101 101001101001 101001011001 101011001 00100100101 10110101 110011111001 001001 01100101 10100110100111 001110011000010 10101010110010 1101100111111 101111101101 11101111010010 111010010 01001001 001101001011 101001110110 110 01101111111011 0011100101 11101 01100111 10100101001 1110111001 11001001 1100100101 0100101101 011110111101 10100110101100 10111011 1010011110010100 00100100101001 01001101101001 010011001101 011101101 0100100111 11100111001 1101110101 1111010101 1001110101 10110100101 0111011001 11101100111 101000010111 0100011101 0101100101 0101010101 1001111001 110110011011010 0101101100010010 110101010010010 0111111100100 010010010010 111001010011 01011 0100101001 01101101111 101101001011011 10110111001011 110010010101 1001001010101 1010011101011 101001001001001 100101110010 010111001101 10011101001 0010011101001 11010111111 001111101111 11111001001 10100101011 011111111 00101100100111 001001 1100110100101 101001001001011 0010111001101 100110100101 0111001100101 110010101111 10100110101011 111011111001001 110011011001001 01011001001001 11111111101001 11100101101 1111100111101 111001 1100111001 010111 100110100100 11 10010011101 11 110111011010011 110111110111111 1011001110011 111111 01101 1010101 10100100 11111101 11010001 111111 11011101 1111010101 110010101 11011111 110101 01101101 11001011100 10110101 10111101 111101 11110111 0101110111 111101001 11011111 100101 11010101 1111010111 11111111 010010101 1100101 10110111 0101010101 11110111 11111001 111101 11010111 1101010101 101001101 10101101 010101 01010011 1111010101 11110111 11110101 010111 11110101 0101110101 110010101 111110110 1100111 11010100 10011101010 11111101 11010101 100101 01000111 011001101 1011 0110 01101 10101 0110 100101 11011101 10010111 111100 11010101 1100110011 10010111 010101001 110111 11011101 0011010111 11011101 10111101 111111 01110101 11010110001 11111111 01101111 111111 001110101 1101010100 11101111 010110101 111111 00110011 11001011101 11001111 11011100 111101 11111111 1100011011 11111111 01001111 110101 11110101 1001011101 10111 111111 10010101 1001001 110011100 111100111 110010 10011101 1001001 11001101001 01011111 110111 100111001 1001001 11011001001 11001101 101101 10111 101001 1001110010110 01001001110010 1001001001 10010 10011 1001001001001 110110011011000 0011100111 00100111 11001001001101 0111001 100111001110 111001001010 100101001001001 110100100100111 1001001001101 110100100100 11010011101001 101001110011101 11110111111101 1110101111001 101001101001001 1011011011011 101001011001 111111111001001 11101101101001001 0010110100101 10110001111111 111001001011001 101101101001001 01111101111101 11101111111001 11101101101001 110110010010001 1110111101 0111001 001001111111 10111001101001 1010101 00101 1 10011101 101101001001 110101101001 101100100111 10111 1 101011100101 10101101001001 00111001001001001 101100101100111011 1010110110110 0111001 100101011001001 10011100100111001 1100110100100111 011111001101101 01101011111001 1110011100001101 1100100101 001001001 11001001101001 111111001 00100110101001 101101101001001 11011011011001011 1101000111010001 100111001101101 111110101111001 1101010101001 11101011001001 10111001101001 01101101101001 10100100110111 001011101101101 1110110111001 101001101101001 11001001001001 01001001001001 1011110111001001 111101001110 110100111 01101101001011 111 101 101011001001101101 1010100101 11101011001001 001110101 11111 011010101001 1010010100111 1001001011101 1011011010101 10110111 110100100 01000100 01010101 1001 11001001001001 1010101 1100101101 011110111 1001001 1111111100110110 101101001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 57
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 422
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, my, have, ye, me, that, thou, in, and, east, 'tis, bee, revealing, with, ever, must, pass, thee, knoweth, how, or, to, out, marsh, greatness are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words came, i, ye, oh, to, over, in, and, the, of, yon, part, passeth are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines man, ban, me, bee, thee, sea are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words thee, glynn at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase knoweth connects the lines.

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