This is an analysis of the poem Rokeby: Canto Ii. that begins with:

I.
Far in the chambers of the west, ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccbbaaddeeXcffee Xaaffgghhaaddiijjccaa XbbggffXdkkiieeiillbbddffmmeeiiaa XbbaaeeddbbbbiiXgXd aaalliiddiiggiidXdd aaaddiijjaniioobbppbbaahh XXcqqiXeeddaaoommbbaaiiXd Xiiaakkddbbcciibbccgg Xiiiibbeejjddbbmmhhffbbeeiiiiaaa oeebbiiccffhXiiiiiihhddii addiii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,21,33,19,19,25,25,21,32,25,37,19,27,25,23,21,29,31,27,21,23,31,19,19,20,17,19,23,15,25,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10010001 01110101 01110111 11110101 01111101 11001101 10111101 100100101 01011101 110110101 110100101 110011101 11100100 11001101 110100111 011101001 11110101 01000101 1 110001101 110010101 11000111 10110101 110100101 01010001 111101010 110001010 11011101 110101001 10110101 11010101 11111001 011100101 111100101 10011101 11011111 11110101 010101001 101010101 1 11010101 110101001 110010101 10011111 101001010 011101010 01010100 11010101 11001111 11010001 11010101 110101001 111111001 010100101 10111111 11110101 110011101 101111111 11010101 10111111 11010101 11110010 11111101 10010101 11011101 010011001 10110101 100111001 10100101 11010011 011101001 11010101 1 10010101 11110101 100100101 01010101 11011111 11000101 11010101 01010111 11011101 11001101 11011101 10111101 11111101 01010111 11111100 110100111 11010111 11000101 1 11010101 110011111 11010101 11110101 01010101 11011101 110010111 11110101 110111001 11110101 11010111 010101001 11011101 10010101 11011111 010101010 00011101 01000101 1 010010101 011100101 01000101 010100101 11110111 01110101 100101001 01010101 10010101 11011100 100100101 110010101 10110101 01010101 11010101 11110101 10110101 110011101 11010101 01000101 10111101 11010101 110101010 110110010 1 010101110 100110111 10110101 01110111 01111101 110010101 111101101 101100101 011101110 010101110 11010111 110100101 10011101 01010101 11111111 11011101 11010101 11010111 11010101 1010011101 11110101 11010101 11110110 11110111 1 01111101 110010101 01110111 11010111 110100101 110011101 111101010 010101010 11010111 110010111 10011101 01000101 11010101 100110101 110010101 10110111 11110101 11010001 11010101 110100101 1 10010101 11011101 11010101 11110101 10111101 11010101 110100001 01001101 11111101 01010101 01110101 01011001 11111111 01110001 11011101 01011101 110111110 010101010 01110101 01010001 100100101 1000101001 110111001 00111111 11110101 110111001 11110101 110111001 00110101 110010101 10010101 1 01010101 11010101 010010111 10011101 11011111 11010101 11010011 10111101 11011101 11010101 0101001010 010101110 110010101 11010101 01110111 11110101 11111101 11111101 010111110 011100010 111111110 0100101010 11011101 10110101 1 11010101 11010101 11011101 0011001 11111101 11111101 110110101 01010101 101101001 01000101 10010101 01010111 110101001 010100101 11010101 11010101 101100101 11010101 11010111 01010011 11111101 11011101 01011101 01011101 10110111 110100101 10111101 1100100101 11010101 11010101 11010111 11110101 111101001 01010101 11011001 01000111 1 11010101 10110111 11110111 11011100 11010101 01010101 11010111 010100101 11110101 01110101 01010101 10011101 011000111 110100101 10011101 01010101 01010111 01010101 1 11010101 10010101 00110111 10110001 10010111 10111001 11110111 11110001 11110101 10110101 11010101 11010101 10010101 01011101 11111001 01110111 10110101 11011111 11101111 111101101 01110001 11010101 10111001 10110101 100111111 11110101 1 11001001 11110101 11111101 00111101 11010001 11010101 100111111 11011100 10110001 11111111 10110001 10010101 10011111 11010101 11011111 10010101 10010111 11110101 11010101 11011001 11011001 110101011 11010111 01000101 1 110101001 11011101 01010001 11111101 01110101 10110001 11011101 01110101 101101001 11010101 110100111 110010101 010100101 01010001 11010111 1010111001 110101001 10010101 11010101 01010101 110001001 11010111 1 10010101 110011010 11010001 10010100 11011101 01110011 11110001 01010101 10110111 110101101 10010111 01010101 110000101 11010101 110100101 10110101 11000101 11110101 11011101 11010100 1 11011100 11011111 11011111 100110101 11010111 10010101 00111101 1001111001 01010111 10010111 00110001 11011101 11010101 01010101 100010101 110011101 11010101 11011101 10011101 11011111 10010001 100110001 11110101 01010100 110010101 010010101 11011101 101100101 1 11010101 01011111 01111111 010100101 1101101 10010101 11010101 11111101 11110101 100110101 11010011 11110101 11111001 01010011 010011101 11011101 111001001 10111011 11110111 01110011 11111101 11011101 11010101 11000101 11110101 110010101 11010101 11010101 11010111 00110101 1 10110101 01011101 110010111 01110111 11010101 01000111 010010101 11010101 11001101 01010101 11111101 00010101 110010101 11011111 11010101 01000101 01011101 11111001 11110101 11110101 11111101 11011001 10010101 11110101 11111101 11011101 1 10010111 010100101 11010101 01011101 10110001 111101010 01010111 01110111 10011101 01010111 11111101 110100001 110111001 10110001 110111001 11011101 110010111 10111111 01111111 010100011 1 01011101 11001100 11110111 11111100 11110101 01010101 01010101 01111101 11110111 11010101 10010001 01010101 01111101 100100101 10010101 11110101 11100001 11010001 01110101 11010001 11101111 0101111010 1 11010101 11010101 11010111 010010101 01111001 01010001 01011111 01111101 11010101 01011101 010010111 01111101 11110001 01010111 11010101 11011101 11010001 11010001 110011001 11110101 11100101 10110101 11111101 11110101 11010111 10011101 110101001 01010101 11010101 11011101 1 11110101 10111101 11010101 10010111 010101010 111101010 11111111 1010111010 10100001 11010101 10010101 1001100001 101111111 01110101 010010101 01010101 10110101 101100111 1 110010101 01010101 10110111 11110101 01011111 10110101 01011101 110010101 11110001 11010101 110101001 11010101 01111101 11010101 11010111 11110101 11010101 00111101 1 11100101 11110101 11110101 010010101 110100111 010100111 01110111 01000101 11011111 11001111 11010101 01010001 11011101 010111001 10011110 11010100 11101101 11111111 110101110 1 10011101 10110101 010101001 11011101 10010101 01000101 01000111 01110111 10110001 11011011 11110101 10010111 11010101 110100001 01011111 11010101 1 01010010 11110001 10010101 01010101 00110101 110101010 11000111 01010101 11110111 01000101 10010101 01011101 1111111 01000111 01111101 010100101 10111101 110100101 1 110011101 01011101 11010101 11010101 11010111 01000111 110011101 01010111 11011101 10111101 010100110 010001010 10011101 11010101 11010101 01010111 10010101 11010101 11110101 1001101001 11110101 11111001 1 111001101 11010101 10110111 01010111 10010101 11110101 11011101 01010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 1001110111 01010101 101111001 1 11111101 10011101 10111101 01010100 11011101 11010111 01000101 01110101 11001101 11110101 00110101 01111101 01011111 01010101 11010101 01111101 100110111 11010001 11110101 01010100 111111001 11010011 11100101 010011011 1 11111101 110010101 11010101 11010101 11010111 10111111 10111101 11110101 01010011 010010011 10010101 110101001 11010100 01111001 10010101 10111111 00010101 11011101 11001100 10010101 10111101 110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 844
  • Average number of words per stanza: 145
  • Amount of lines: 733
  • 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, of, as, that, in, now, by, his, it, no, i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, a, for, of, now, all, his, to, instant are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bounds is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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