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

When dark December glooms the day,
And takes our autumn joys away;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffeeccffggXehhbXffiihhffbbcchhcchhggghhccjjhhaakkaacccchhhcclXcchhccllbbdXmmhXXceeddnnllddccllllaacceeddaobbXXbbiihhffaoddddhhddXeccffggeejjggddaahhcchhhccjjppeeccddddccddbbddccjjao
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 191,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11110101 11110111 01010101 01110001 11010101 11010001 110010101 11010101 01110111 110100111 11100101 11010111 10110101 100100101 01010111 10110101 110100101 11011101 010100001 110111110 1000101011 11010001 100101001 110011101 010010101 11010111 11011101 11011101 01010101 11000101 01011101 11111001 01010001 111101010 110101010 11000101 11010101 01010101 11011100 110101101 10110011 01010101 11110101 01110101 10010101 11011111 110111001 10010101 11010101 01010001 11111111 10011101 11011101 11110101 110010111 10111001 1111010010 1110111110 11010101 11010101 11010001 01010101 1101101 11110101 11111111 11111001 11010101 10010101 10010101 11011101 11010100 11010101 01010101 11100111 110010101 11010101 11011101 01110101 11100101 110100101 01010001 11010111 01011100 11110001 11110101 11111101 01000100 111101000 01011101 110111001 10110001 11101101 11010011 11011001 11111101 110010111 11010111 11010101 11010001 11110101 11010001 11010101 11111101 10110111 01011100 10011101 10010101 01111001 110101011 01010111 01010101 11110101 11111001 100100100 10010100 111100101 01011101 11010111 11010111 10111111 11010111 10111101 11010101 111001001 11010111 100100011 010011101 110110101 01001100 11011101 11010101 11110101 11010101 01110101 11111101 11111101 01000101 11010110 11010101 11011111 01010101 111100101 01011001 11100101 01010101 11110001 11010111 11010101 11010101 01000111 11011101 11010001 01010101 11110101 11000101 11010111 11010101 01010101 0101001010 11000101 01001101 01110111 11010111 11110111 11010001 01110111 11110101 11110111 01010001 100011101 11100101 11110101 010101010 010101010 11011111 110101001 11010101 100110111 11011111 01010101 11010101 01110101 11010111 01010101 01000111 11110111 111101001 11110001 11111101 11010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 6716
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1154
  • Amount of lines: 191
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, she, her, thy, his, to, my, so are repeated.

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

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

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