This is an analysis of the poem At Lulworth Cove A Century Back that begins with:

Had I but lived a hundred years ago
I might have gone, as I have gone this year,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dadX cecX bebX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010001 1111111101 1101100111 1111010111 10011100111111 10111111111 1111011101 11010111110 100111001011111 011001111101 1101011111 11110111010 1001110010110111 1010110010101 1011111101 111011111110 10111010101 1111111111 010010101011 110100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, have, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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