This is an analysis of the poem Now List To My Morning's Romanza that begins with:

NOW list to my morning's romanza--I tell the signs of the Answerer;
To the cities and farms I sing, as they spread in the sunshine before... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab ccd efed fgfeX gdhXgbiXbajkai dlfeX Xbf Xhd fmfn ield adX kfndm oicfe gch pbXmejdefa pam joaoaj Xbjhm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,5,14,5,3,3,4,4,3,5,5,3,10,3,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110100110100100 00101111111001101 1 011101100100010 110111010110010 1101101 111010111011101 1011110110111 111010101111110111 10111111 1111111100100101 10 1101011010101101 1 11011110001 1001001010101110 100 0011101011010101 11110100 101011001101110100 1 01110101101110100 1 010110010101011011 10001 10110111011111111 010010 001001110111110111 1010 11101101 110110010100011 110011011010010101 10010100101011101 101010010100101 100100 1101011011100101 11010010 010010110 0010111111011011 10010010 1100100110101 111110011010 110101010110101111 110 010011100101111110 11011011111 11011010100100100 1101 0100101001010011101 1010110 0101101111011011 100010101001011110011 10111000110100111 101011101010110 111110101011001011 111 1110000101111100 1011010 1110111001110010 1 1110111110101 11001100100 1101010111010010010 1011001011 100101110010 101001100010101011 110011 1010111110101011 10 1010001111000110 110101011001010011 100 110101011110101 101 010011101101 01001110100110011 0101 0101110010010111 00101100110100110 100110101001 01010111011110 10101110110101101 100111 01000011010000111 01000101010100101 01001011101000 1111101110101111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 91
  • 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; to, hand, and, his, for, him, all, be, answer'd, of, he, sure, or are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word he 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 brother is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word signs at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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