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

I.
The summer sun, whose early power ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccaaddccbbaaeeffggggeecchhiiccii XiiddXXjjkkggaaggcclljjhhff Xcceeeemmddkknnccffggffeekknn XhhkkeeggeeeeoonnnneehhXhnnii akkaXXhkkhhnbnnhhiiggddiieeeXhh appnneeXqhhnnrXeeekfeeasnnaaccaaXcbbXXee XXnhhffXXffaahXcctthhaalX XhheeXchhccccuuppnneeeeuu Xggn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,27,29,29,31,40,25,25,34,31,17,15,25,36,18,28,35,27,27,45,27,27,31,39,17,35,35,27,33,27,25,31,37,21,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 35
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1040
  • Average number of words per stanza: 183
  • Amount of lines: 1020
  • 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, that, of, my, thou, what, thy, his, to, i, ', her, hast, on, for, as, with, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, of, when, that, with, to, on, a, like, no are repeated.

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