This is an analysis of the poem To Outer Nature that begins with:
SHOW thee as I thought thee
When I early sought thee,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXa ccbbc ddeeX XXffb ggXXg XXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 111011 1010 1100 101111 111110 111010 1010 1010 111110 111010 011010 1010 1110 10100 11100 101010 1111 1001 100110 111010 101010 1110 10010 111010 111000 111110 1010 1100 10100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thee is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee, things are repeated).
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