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

I.
When Denmark's raven soar'd on high, ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbccddeeffffffdddgee XXfhhcciihhhhjjXfaaggkk Xhhffbbikffllhhhhffaaiijj XhhkkhhjjjjfXjjaamnhh aiillbboohhjjaaddaahhffaaccooeellXfhhjjhh ajjXoaXoohhiijjjjXohhlliieepp Xhhppffjjhhjjjjhhookk XhheejjiijjbbddiillffiiiiffhhffooXollaX XoohhhhggffXhgglljjhh doo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,23,25,21,41,29,21,39,21,19,21,25,29,30,20,23,33,33,23,23,31,33,23,20,19,33,33,22,37,34,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 11110111 01011001 110010101 11010101 10111001 101100101 11010101 1001010111 01010101 11110101 11110101 11110111 11011111 11110101 11010101 00110001 10011001 11010111 01011101 11011111 010101001 110101001 1 11110111 11111101 01010111 110010101 10111101 01010101 00110111 01010101 11000101 01000101 11010101 10111101 01011101 10110101 11010101 11110101 11000101 111100101 11010111 11110101 0111010010 110010010 1 11110101 110100101 01010001 01110101 10110101 01110101 110010101 0111011010 01011101 111101001 11011101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011001 11010101 11111101 1110101 11010011 11110101 1101101001 11010101 11110111 11010001 1 111100101 110001001 111111110 010101010 11010111 11001101 11011101 110111001 10110101 100010101 10110101 1001001100 10010101 01010111 11011111 11110111 01010011 11010101 11010101 01011011 1 100011101 11100101 11110101 01110101 01011101 11010101 11110111 10110101 11111101 11010111 110100101 111010001 01010101 100010101 11011101 01010101 11010101 01111111 01010101 01010101 111101110 011101010 010011111 01011101 11011111 01011101 110101011 01010001 11011101 01111101 101100001 11000101 010101010 01011101 110010101 010101011 11011111 00110001 110010101 01001001 1 11111101 11010101 11111110 01011001 01110111 01000100 010010101 11011101 11010101 11110111 11010101 01010101 11010101 100110111 111100101 11010101 01010110 110100101 01010101 11000101 10110101 11011111 10010101 10010111 11010111 111000101 100100101 010010111 1 010111001 11010111 11011101 01110101 11010101 101111001 010010101 1100100101 011100111 010010101 11011101 01011001 100101011 10110101 11110111 01010111 01010001 11010001 011111010 100101010 1 01010111 01011101 11111111 010101001 01010101 11010101 01011111 10011101 11010001 11010101 01011111 111101001 110101001 11010101 11000101 01010101 010011101 11010101 01010111 110011001 110101001 10100111 11011011 11010111 11111111 11010111 11011101 11110001 11010011 01010101 01010111 11111101 01010110 11110101 01010111 10010101 10110101 11000101 1 01110111 11111101 11010101 01011001 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11000101 111111001 11010110 11110101 10010111 10110101 11010101 010100001 11110001 11110101 101001101 11010101 1 11110101 01010101 11111001 01010101 11100101 11110101 01010101 11010111 10010110 01010101 10010101 10110101 11010001 10010101 11011000011 11010101 11111101 01010101 1 01110111 01010101 11010111 110101001 11110101 11010101 01011111 10110101 11011111 110010111 10010101 100100101 01010101 01010111 11110101 01010101 11111101 01010111 10110101 01011101 1 11011101 01010101 10111101 01010101 110100101 01010101 11010101 00111101 11010111 01011101 11110101 01010101 11010101 11010101 111101010 010111010 0101001 010100101 11010111 10111111 11010101 11111101 11001111 01101101 1 11010101 11010111 11111101 110100001 111110101 01010101 11111111 111100111 11110111 010111101 01010101 01011101 110101001 01011001 11011101 11011101 10111101 11110111 11000111 11111011 111111001 11011101 11110111 01010111 10110011 11011101 01010101 11101101 1 01010101 11000101 11110101 110010101 11110101 010010111 11010101 010101001 11010111 01110101 110111001 11011101 11010101 010010101 11010111 010101001 01011111 10010001 11010001 11000101 11011001 11011101 01000111 111001001 11010101 11010101 01010101 01010111 11010101 1 01011111 10110101 11010101 11100101 10100101 110010101 1101001001 11010110 110100111 01010101 10110111 11011110 010010100 11011101 11010111 11010101 01110100 11011101 01011110 1 11011101 11010101 10010111 01000101 10010101 111100101 11010101 01110100 01111101 010010101 11110101 10010101 11011101 01111101 11010101 010011101 111111001 11110101 11011101 01110101 011001011 01010101 1 110100110 110111010 010011101 01010101 11010101 01101101 11110101 11010111 111011001 11010101 11110101 111101001 110101100 11110101 10110101 110010101 111100011 11010101 11100101 110100101 11010101 011100101 11000101 11010101 110101001 01010101 110011111 10110101 11100101 10110011 11110101 11010101 1 11101101 11011101 01010101 11010001 111110011 01010011 11011011 01010101 1100101110 110110010 110111100 01010001 11011101 01001100 110101100 11010001 110101001 001010101 11011101 01000101 010100101 110101001 01001111 101100111 11110101 11010101 10111111 01010111 00010101 11010001 01111101 01110110 110100 10011111 10010111 1011011001 1010001101 01111101 11010101 11111111 11111111 11111101 01110101 101010101 11110101 11110101 11111101 11101101 111101001 11011111 11010010 11110101 11011101 11111111 11011101 1 11110101 10110111 10110101 11111101 11010111 100010101 110101011 11010111 011101101 11110101 111100101 01010111 11110101 01111101 11011101 10110101 11001101 11010101 11010101 01001100 11110001 11110111 1 11010111 11010111 11100101 01101100 010001001 100010101 01110111 11011001 110100111 01011101 100010101 11010001 11010101 11010101 10110001 11011101 11011111 11010001 11010101 11110111 11010011 11110101 00111111 01010111 11010111 11011111 11110101 10010101 110100010 011101010 1 11110101 11110011 11011101 01010001 01000101 11011101 11110101 11110111 110010111 11010101 01110111 11110101 10010111 01010101 01011111 01011101 111100111 11001101 11110111 01110101 01011101 1110101 01010101 11000101 11011111 11010100 11110101 01010101 110111101 110101001 11010111 11110100 1 11111111 01010111 01111101 110011001 1101101001 11010111 11111111 01011101 111011001 01110111 010110101 01010111 01010101 01010101 11011101 11011101 11010101 11010111 110111011 110001101 11010111 010101110 1 11011101 010011001 11110101 110010101 110011010 110111110 11111111 10110101 11010001 11011101 11011101 11010111 11011101 11010101 11110101 10010001 10111111 110011010 110011010 1 11010111 11000101 11010101 11011111 11111101 01010110 11010111 01010101 10010111 11110001 10110111 010011101 11011101 01011111 11111101 11110011 11111101 11110101 1 11111101 01011101 11110101 01110110 11010101 11010111 11000101 11110111 11010101 01001101 110010101 01010101 11010110 110110101 111101101 11011101 10011101 10101101 010011001 1101111 01010111 11001101 11110101 11011111 01110101 01110001 10011001 10111111 110111001 11010101 10011100 11011101 1 11110001 10010011 11011011 11110100 10110111 11010101 10110101 1100100101 11110101 110110111 10010111 11010101 11011001 11010101 01010001 010010101 11111001 11110101 01011111 11000111 010101100 11010111 11011100 01010101 11010101 11000101 11010111 10011101 11111111 11010001 11010111 01010101 1 11010101 101011111 11001101 11111101 11011111 11110111 11011101 11111101 11110111 01010101 01110101 10110101 10010110 01010101 10010111 110101001 110101001 100101001 01010101 110101101 11010101 1 010011111 010101001 01111101 11000101 11011101 11010101 01010001 010100101 10110101 11110101 01000100 100010110 110111001 01010111 10010101 11111101 10010111 11110101 110101010 100100101 11010101 01010110 01010101 01011001 01010001 11010101 10110101 11011101 111111001 10110001 11011111 11010001 010101001 110010101 11111101 1100101010 1 11010111 11011101 11110101 11011101 11011101 111100101 11111101 01010111 11010111 01111101 11010111 10011101 11110101 01101001 01110101 10011111 11011101 01010101 01011100 11010101 11011101 11111101 110101010 11110101 11110111 01011101 01010100 01011011 01010101 11010111 01010101 11111101 11011110 1 10110101 11110101 110100101 11010101 11010011 11001111 01011111 10010101 01010101 11000101 11011101 11110101 00110101 0100010010 010101010 10110101 01010101 01010111 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 945
  • Average number of words per stanza: 167
  • Amount of lines: 827
  • 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, thy, half, or, of, her, to, them, his, had, by, from, in, their, my, i, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, there, half, or, how, but, in, i, of, while, that, my, a, to are 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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