This is an analysis of the poem To Baynard Taylor that begins with:
To range, deep-wrapt, along a heavenly height,
O'erseeing all that man but undersees;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabab cdcdcd efefef cgXgcg hihihi gdgdgd ghgjgj kikiki gdXdgd lalala cbcbcb bcbcXc dhdhdh gcgcgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01110101001 1001111100 0101110001 1101000101 1101110101 1111110100 0101010111 0101010101 0101000101 1110110101 0101010101 1101010101 01010110101 1111110101 1101110111 0101010101 0101010001 1101010101 0111001101 0111001101 1111011101 0101110101 11100111101 110101101111 1011010101 1110010101 00110100101 1111110101 0111110101 1001010101 1101110111 1001010101 1101010111 01110101001 1111110101 11010101111 110010101 01010100101 1110000101 1010010100 1101010101 11001010100 1101011101 0101111101 01110111001 1011010101 11001010101 0101010101 1111111111 1111011101 0001010100 1001010101 0101010101 1101010001 0101010101 01011011001 0111110111 0101110101 1101010111 0101010111 11010111011 01111010101 1110111111 0101000101 0101010101 01010111001 1101011101 1101111111 0101010111 0101111100 0101010111 01010101001 1001110111 0111110000 01011100101 01011100101 1101011101 1100010111 1111111101 1101010101 1101011011 10110010101 1111011111 11110011010
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 84
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, in, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of, the, for are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase thine connects the lines.
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