This is an analysis of the poem A Scene At The Banks Of The Hudson that begins with:

Cool shades and dews are round my way,
And silence of the early day;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd bbaaeeff aagghhii jjaadXkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 11000101 10111101 10010101 10011111 01110101 110011101 01000101 11010101 10011111 11110111 01000101 10110101 11011111 10011101 11000101 100010111 11110101 011101010 010101010 101111101 01110111 11011001 01010101 100011011 110101101 11111101 110001001 11111101 11010101 10111101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.

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