This is an analysis of the poem Near Lanivet 1872 that begins with:

There was a stunted handpost just on the crest,
Only a few feet high:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe efeX ghgh eeeX XbfX bibi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101101 100111 111011100111101 1010111 1101101100101 1101101 11011101100 011111 01111011101 10111101 0111000100101 1100111 11111110111 11111001 1110110110011 11111101 11011101001 00111001 11011110101 00101001 11011111001 11001111 1111011111001 111011110 11010100011100 11110111 111001101001011 010111 11111111101 00100111 0101111100110 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, i, she, ' are repeated.

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