This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of Exmoor that begins with:
The Forest above and the Combe below,
On a bright September morn!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbDEAE DEAE afgfXhch XbXbdgdg dicigjfj XebeBEAEXBEAE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,8,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100110101 1010101 1010011111 11001011 110010101 0101101 101011001 0100101 110010101 0101101 101011001 0100101 10010101 10110111 01010001011 1110111 110111011 0101001 1110010111 011101 111001001 1011001 101011111101 01011101 1001001001 110111 110011101 11100101 1101110111 1111101 11111101 1111001 0110101001 0100101 11011101001 1111001 111101101 111101 1010111111 11100101 110011100 01101001 10101111001 0100101 110011100 01101001 10101111001 0100101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; he's, by are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, he's are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word bay at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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