This is an analysis of the poem The Lake Isle Of Innisfree that begins with:

I WILL arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111111010 1011011011101 11101110110101 110100111 1111111111101 100010010010101 1101010110101 110100101 1001111111111 1111010011101 1111011110101 11000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.

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

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