This is an analysis of the poem Waverly that begins with:
Late, when the Autumn evening fell
On Mirkwood–Mere's romantic dell,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccddee ffffgXXhffiiXh jjiiiiee kkggaaggll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,14,8,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 110000101 01010101 01010101 01000101 10111111 010101110 110111010 11110101 10110101 01010111 01110111 11010101 11010001 11010001 11110101 110010101 01100100 11011101 11010101 101011101 11010101 01110101 1011011 10010101 01010101 10010111 11010101 110010111 010101011 11111101 01000101 11000101 11110111 11010101 10110101 11110101 11110111 11110111 11110101 11010101 01111101 11011101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 389
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, as, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, as are repeated.
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- summary of Waverly;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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