This is an analysis of the poem The Beauteous Terrorist that begins with:

Soft as the morning's pearly light,
Where yet may rise the thunder-cloud,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd Xded cbcb afaf aaaa aXaX agag adad hahX baba didi ajaj bebe fgXg kbkb elel cccc mnmn gege oXop kckc gcgc dddd pfpf pbpb amam obob amam gbgb fpfp afaf Xapa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 11110101 01011101 01011101 11110111 11010111 01010101 1010100111 01110100 01110101 11010101 110101001 01100101 01011111 01100111 100010101 01010111 11110111 01010001 01011101 01010101 01000101 11110001 11010100 01000101 110101011 01001101 01011001 01010101 01110101 110100111 101010111 01010101 11000101 01000011 01011111 110010101 11011101 01010101 01000110 11010111 11010101 01010111 11010111 11010101 11011101 11011101 01001111 011110101 1111001 11110101 11010001 01010101 111000101 11010011 01000101 010101001 11000101 11010100 11011101 11010101 11111101 11011101 11010001 11111100 11101101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11110101 01010101 01010101 010111001 01010101 01110101 10010101 110101001 11110101 10011101 100111110 01011001 11110101 01010101 01010011 11010111 110101001 11010111 01110111 01010101 01011001 01000101 11010101 11010111 01000101 110000101 01110111 10011101 01110001 11110111 11010111 01011101 01011111 11010101 01010101 11111111 10011001 11010101 01010101 11100111 11010101 01010111 01010101 11010111 11010101 11011101 01011101 110011011 11000111 010101001 01010101 01110111 10011111 11110101 11001101 11010100 010100001 100101010 01110101 010101001 010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 132
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, to, right, of, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the, no, how, where, to, will are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, six at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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