This is an analysis of the poem Tennyson that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbbX X deedde X baabXa X affXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 11110111001 1101010101 01010101001 1101010101 1100110111 1111011000 1 1110011101 0101010011 1011010101 1111010101 01010100100 1001010101 1 1011110101 1101111101 0001010001 1111000101 11111101001 1111110111 1 1101010101 1111111101 1101110101 1011011100 1011001111 01111100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; it is repeated.

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