This is an analysis of the poem As I Sat Alone By Blue Ontario's Shores that begins with:
AS I sat alone, by blue Ontario's shore,
As I mused of these mighty days, and of peace return'd, and the dead... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: abacdefe gah iXg ggbgjggbk Xae alf mnao npe dX g qrl dg ssgg eXal kj apc XlobX gg bgk ngjlogklggpXg bo mgdfgngdg XblbggabtjlkmmdXcugmobdhtleXnbngXbndklbnggdlhlekcdgbXkbesXfkqnlffidfcX cbblqbbfepgipXub odpaspblo XkX aXbk pfqXl Xlfan obkX kngbolcbqr
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,3,9,3,3,4,3,2,1,3,2,4,4,2,3,5,2,3,13,2,9,70,16,9,3,4,5,5,4,27,4,4,2,4,6,7,3,6,24,34,12,7,11,2,26,2,5,6,2,4,6,3,4,11,8,3,2,5,4,9,4,3,3,4,5,3,5,4,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 70
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 391
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 528
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; of, me, i, we, in, ourselves, another, one, all, you, fear, and, them, surrounding, their, by, its, he, idea, for, it, to, states, before, have, with, this, great, individuals, nativity, war, not, never, saw, as, if, they, see, myself, know, bards, these are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, chant, and, i, we, all, who, fear, beware, here, surrounding, the, o, of, he, for, songs, have, are, is, does, give, it, its, not, bards are repeated.
The author used the same words a, all, who, underneath, i, bards at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ourselves, like, him, individuals, me, master'd, they, myself are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words all, myself, me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases democracy, all, barren, not connect the lines.
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