This is an analysis of the poem Coole Park And Ballylee, 1931 that begins with:

Under my window-ledge the waters race,
Otters below and moor-hens on the top,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abababcc dededeff ghghghff dididXjj dkdkdkgg jXjajXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011010101 1001111101 11011000101 110011100101 1101100101 0110110101 1001110001 1101010101 0101001101 1111100101 1001010111 1101010101 1101010011 1101000101 1101111101 01001000101 0101011101 1101010001 1101010001 1001011111 1011010101 1101011101 1100010111 0101000101 1001010101 0110110101 0101110111 1101110101 1111011101 1011010100 1111110111 1101000101 0110010111 1111110101 11010100101 10001001100 11001010101 1101110001 1101111101 1111010101 1001010111 010010011000 1101001101 010010110111 0101110101 1101111100 1100110101 10110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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