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

I.
The sultry summer day is done, ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdeeffaaggbbhhXc Xffggbbiiffjjggggeeggkkccaa Xiiaaggaabbggccffaaee XXbccggccXcccllggiibbkkccbbaaaeeiiff ajjggggaaiiggiiccmmggbbggcX aggiinncciiffhhjjiihhaaiibbgg Xiiggee o iiaAbX kkhXbb GggiioX ggeX XnneejjmmgggXjjccddpXbX XG iiccaA jjaabb ggeebX XXhXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,27,21,36,27,29,7,1,6,6,7,4,23,2,6,6,6,16,35,30,33,1,10,6,8,8,8,29,21,23,19,8,6,6,6,6,6,6,21,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,20,27,13,9,8,2,17,27,27,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,31,29,15,25,29,39,35,19,23,37,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
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11110101 10110101 110101110 11111101 11011101 11010011 01010101 01100101 11011101 11100111 10101 11011111 11000101 11010101 01010111 011010101 11011111 11011111 11000101 11010101 01000101 01010101 010010101 01011101 11010011 11011111 11000101 11010101 01010111 11010101 011100101 110010101 0101101001 11011111 11000101 10111101 01011101 11010101 01010101 10110101 11110101 11010111 11000101 11110101 11010111 11011111 11111111 11001110 01011011 11010111 11000101 1 10010101 110111001 11010101 11011101 110010101 11010101 11111101 111001001 11111101 11011111 10010101 01010111 11011101 11010101 11000111 01010101 01110101 11110101 11010111 01010101 11110101 110111001 11010101 11010100 1101101 10111110 01011101 01011101 1 11010111 01010101 11110101 11010001 11011101 10010101 11110101 11110101 11011101 01011101 01010111 01010101 01110001 01010101 01010101 01010101 01010111 11011101 01110101 11011101 1 11100001 11010100 11111101 10010101 01101101 11011101 11010101 01111110 01010111 11011101 11010101 01010101 11011001 11010101 00010101 10110011 11010101 11110101 10110111 11001101 11000101 110101001 1 11010111 110010101 01110001 11010101 11011101 111101001 01110111 01010100 011111110 10011101 01010101 01011101 11010011 00010111 110111001 01010101 10010111 11011101 1 101 11011101 11111101 01010111 0101 11110101 1101 11011001 01010111 11110101 0101 11110110 1101 110101010 110101010 01010111 1101 110100101 1101 11010101 11010101 11111101 1101 11011111 1101 11011101 10110101 11100101 1101 11111111 1101 10011101 11010001 110101001 1111 11110011 1101 11010111 11011111 11010111 0101 11110011 1101 1 11010101 11010111 11011101 01011001 10010101 01010101 011100101 01010100 11010101 11011101 10010110 11110101 11101011 01010101 101100111 01100101 11011111 01110111 11011101 01000100 1 10100 101101011011 11111001101 10110101011101 101011011101 1110011001101 1110111001101 001001001111 101011011101 101011011111 01001001001 01101001001 11001011101 111011111011 01001001101 11111001011 101001101001 11011001011 11011011011 111011011011 001001011101 11001001100 0010100010001 101101001111 001011001101 1 10010111 01010101 01101101 110010101 11010111 11010111 11010101 10110111 010010001 11010101 01110101 101010001 01011100 1100111001 10110111 11111111 01111101 11111101 01010111 1 01000111 110010101 11010101 1101001001 01000101100 11110101 110100101 00110101 00110111 01010111 01010100 11000101 10010101 010011111 010010101 11010001 110101001 11100101 11110001 100011101 11010101 11011101 11110101 10100001 10110101 00010101 1 11000101 01011101 01110101 110100111 111101010 0100100010 11110111 010110101 11110101 11010101 11011101 01111001 1011 010100111 110001 11010011 111101 010011101 010111 11011101 110101 10011101 110101 011101011 1110001 11011001 111101 11110101 010111 01011101 010101001 1 11111001 0111101 1110101 1111111 0111101 10111010 1010111 10100010 10101010 1011101 11101110 1110001 10111011 10111010 1110001 10001010 1 11010111 01010101 01011111 11011101 11011101 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10110111 11010101 01100110 11101101 11110111 11011101 10110111 11010011 01010001 10111111 01000101 11010101 01011100 01101101 01010100 101010011 11011111 11111101 010101001 11011111 01010101 11111111 11001111 1 001010101 01010111 10111111 01011111 11011111 01110110 110101101 01110001 01000101 01010101 11011101 11111101 11010101 11010111 1 010100110 11000111 11010101 11010101 01010101 01010101 11010111 1101001001 11011101 00011111 11010111 10010011 11010101 01011111 01010101 11110101 11010001 01110101 110111001 01111111 110101001 11110111 11010101 11110111 1 11010111 01110001 00000101 01010111 10010101 11011101 10010101 010010101 11011100 11010111 11110101 11010100 11011001 01010101 11001001001 01010101 110101010 10011111 110100101 11010101 11000110 110011101 01110101 10010111 11010101 01000101 111011111 01010101 1 101111011 11010111 10010111 101011001 111101001 10011101 11111101 11011111 11010101 111100101 110111110 110111010 10010101 110011001 11111101 10100111 01010111 010010111 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11100101 111110101 11111101 11010101 01010101 110111001 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010111 11010001 1000101110 01010101 0101010101 0101101 01010101 11111101 010010101 11010101 01010101 110010101 01010001 110101110 111100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 73
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 497
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 1032
  • 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, those, he, to, ', her, of, their, my, his, in, our, would, its are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, more, my, have, he, there's, a, if, through, then, as, his are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same words ', tree, alone, cavalier, crown at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase foes connects the lines.

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