This is an analysis of the poem Marmion: Introduction To Canto Ii. that begins with:

The scenes are desert now, and bare,
Where flourished once a forest fair...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXddeebbffbbggff hhiiddjjbbkkbbjjffiihhhXleehhX ccmmjjiieeggnnaallggdXlliiccccXXnnllnnllaaaajjddbb bbddllccoojjbbffccaabbaaddiiXhjj lllljjcXbbjjffppffbbeeaallkkhhddnncXqqbb aaeeddbb rrddpphhbbhhXkkbbccssjjcXaaddssddakhhffiippbb rrcnll ccaallXaallffdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,30,50,32,40,8,45,6,36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 11010101 11110101 11000111 11011101 11111100 11010110 11011111 01000101 11111101 10110101 11111101 01010101 11011001 11010001 11010101 01011101 111100101 1010011101 010011101 110101001 101101011 11011101 01110101 010010101 01010111 11010101 01011101 01011111 11111110 11011111 110101010 100101110 01010101 01111111 11110101 110010111 11010101 11010101 11000111 100101001 01010101 00110101 01011101 01010110 11010101 10010001 10010001 11010101 01111101 110101000 01110101 11001101 110101110 110111010 11111101 111011001 11111111 11110101 10011101 101111101 01111101 11011101 11011101 11010001 11111001 01010101 11110001 11010101 11111101 11010101 11011111 110100010 11001101 01010111 11010111 11000101 10010101 11110001 110101010 1100111010 11011101 11111100 11010101 01010101 11010111 01000101 11011101 01011101 100101110 011101010 11110101 01111111 110101001 11110101 11010101 11000101 10110101 11010101 11011111 01011111 01111101 11010101 11111111 11010101 01010101 11110101 11111101 01001101 11011111 11011101 10110101 11010101 11000101 11011101 10110111 11110111 010100010 01010101 11011101 10110101 01010111 11110101 11111001 11010111 11000101 00110101 11110101 11001101 11011100 11110101 101101111 01010111 11010101 11010101 10111111 10010001 01010101 10110101 11001101 11011101 10010101 01110101 100010100 11010110 10111101 11110101 11011111 01011101 01110101 11010101 11010101 11010101 10010111 11111111 10011101 11111101 11011101 11010101 1100100110 110100010 11011111 11010111 11010101 11110111 11010101 11110100 11011011 10010101 01011111 01110101 11011111 11000101 11010111 11110111 11010101 11110101 11010101 01011001 11010101 11010101 01110101 11111101 11111101 11010101 11110100 11010101 11010101 110010101 11011101 10111101 01110101 11010101 11110111 1111001010 111101010 11110111 11101101 01010001 11010101 11110101 01010101 11011111 01000101 11111101 110001100 11010101 10110001 11011101 11111101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 10110101 111111110 110101101 10111101 10010101 11010101 11010111 01010101 11110101 01110111 10011111 11011111 11110111 11010101 10110011 01110101 1111001010 010101010 11110111 110100001 11010101 01010101 11110110 11011101 11111110 11010101 11010101 1001101010 110101010 101100001 010100101 10110111 11110111 10011111 10010101 10100101 110001001 11010101 10110111 11110111 11000101 11011001 01010001 11111101 10010101 110011101 11010101 11010101 11010100 100111101 010010111 11011111 000100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 964
  • Average number of words per stanza: 173
  • Amount of lines: 267
  • 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; and, what, every, our, or, in, more, her, to, nor, my are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Marmion: Introduction To Canto Ii.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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