This is an analysis of the poem Scenes Favourable To Meditation that begins with:
Wilds horrid and dark with o'er shadowing trees,
Rocks that ivy and briers infold,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab bbbb caca adad efef ecec gege cgcg bbbb bcbc dhdh bbbb bcbc bbbbXcaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110110101001 11101110 11001101001 11001001 1101011011 111001101 11101011001 001011011 111011011001 11111001 11010101001 0010110001 11011111001 11011011 01101011001 011001101 11001011001 101101001 01101111001 11101011 110001111001 11111101 11001111001 11101001 101001001001 11011001 010110111001 101011101 11101001001 11101111 11111001001 11111001 11001001001 11011001 11001101001 11011001 11001011011 11101001 11101001111 01101011 11011011001 11111001 11011011001 11001001 11111011001 101001001 111001101111 111011101 11101011001 11011011 1110001001 001101001 11111001011 01011001 11001111111 01011001 11111001001 01011101 11001001001 101011011
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, with, of, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word here at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Scenes Favourable To Meditation;
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