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

Like April morning clouds, that pass,
With varying shadow, o'er the grass,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffggaahijjkk kkllggajffaaggmmmmjj ggaaeXggkkjjggddcciimmeehhddkkjannoogg pphhjjmmoommXfmm ddllhXggiiqqdX Xljjmmmmccjjeeffddeekkkkeemmoojjkkdddnnoo mmggeeiillkkmmddmmddrrkkmmiimmaarrkklljjccjjmmffeehXmmhh aaiimmddfXffffoommffookkdddjjddmmkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,20,38,16,14,41,56,35,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 0100111001 110111110 1100101110 11000101 10010101 11010101 111100101 11000101 11100101 11010111 10110101 110010101 11110101 11110101 011101001 11010001 10010100 11110101 10111101 11111111 11110111 11011111 11010111 01110111 01010101 11110101 11010101 01110101 110110001 11111101 110010011 110111001 10010101 011101011 01010101 01000101 10011101 00100111 1100111001 11011111 010101001 11111101 11011101 1111001 11010001 11010101 11011100 110011001 101000101 110100111 01010101 11010101 01010001 11110101 110100101 010101110 010101010 11110001 11010101 010111010 0101010010 11010001 11011101 10111101 11011101 11011101 010100101 1100111010 111010010 11110101 11011111 110101001 1100111001 11010111 010010001 11010101 11100101 010011111 01011101 10011101 10010111 01010101 01010101 01010111 010000101 101110001 010010010 111100111 01000101 11011101 10111111 11110110 11010001 11110001 010010101 10011101 01010101 11010111 00111101 11010101 110100110 11011001 01011111 001111010 110001010 11011101 01011101 0100100101 11111110 110111010 010101010 0111110010 110111010 11111111 110101101 11110101 01011101 10101111 11010111 101101110 11010111 11010101 01010101 100010101 10010101 11111101 11110101 11110101 01100101 11110001 01000101 100101001 01011101 11011101 01110101 11110101 11010111 11011101 01011101 11010111 11010111 10011011 11011101 110010101 11110101 10110101 11111101 01100101 11110101 11011101 11110101 01111101 11101001 01010101 11010111 10011101 111111010 1111010010 11110101 01010101 11110101 01010101 11010101 11000101 110100110 101111110 01010111 11010101 11011001 110101001 11010101 100101101 11010101 10111101 11110101 01010101 111111010 0100101010 11001011 01110111 010010111 10111111 11010001 100101001 11010101 01010111 10110111 01110101 101101001 11010101 11010101 11110111 01010111 01010101 010010101 11011101 01010111 11001101 01010111 11010101 11110101 011111010 10110101 01010101 1101010101 1101010101 10110111 01110101 110111010 001101110 10110110 11010101 11011111 11010110 11100101 10010010 01010001 11010101 11110111 01010101 01111111 01011101 11110111 011101001 11011101 110101001 11110111 01010111 11111011 10110101 10010101 11010101 111000101 11111111 110110011 11110101 11011101 11101101 10010101 11111111 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 191
  • Amount of lines: 242
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, from, to, of, still are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word 'or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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