This is an analysis of the poem As Consequent, Etc. that begins with:

AS consequent from store of summer rains,
Or wayward rivulets in autumn flowing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcb dX aeXXX bbb edaeXX ba XdXXaXbXXXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,5,3,6,2,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010101 11010001010 110011110000 1001001110101 10010011 110101011101 001101 11001011101 1110101010001001 1110101101100101 10011011010010101 10100011100111 01101111010 0111010111010 11010101010 1011001001 1011001010010 1001011101101 11110101111001 10010110011111 10100101001011101 10010101010111 01010111 110111001011101110 01110100100101 10110111100010111 10111010001110100 10 10010101101001100 10 1101110111000 1000001011110011 11111001111111 110011111 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, some, in, to, all, and, waves, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, some, in are repeated.

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