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

Glooms of the live-oaks, beautiful-braided and woven
With intricate shades of the vines that myriad-cloven ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcbXbbaa ddbbee aaaffgghhiiaajjaa ccaahhiieeeekk eeblblffkkeeaa kkaa kkaaaa eebbeeaa kkiijjbbiiaaXXaa kXff maammaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,6,17,14,14,4,6,8,16,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 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 10110010110011 1011 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: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 492
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 110
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, when, in, marsh are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, and, ye, passeth, the are repeated.

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