This is an analysis of the poem Over The Hills And Far Away that begins with:

Where forlorn sunsets flare and fade
On desolate sea and lonely sand, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaabaB cdcdebeB fefegbgB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 110011101 10010101 10010101 10111111 01110101 011100111 10011101 10010111 01010111 01001111 11000101 10010101 10011101 010111111 10011101 100100111 10010111 01110011 10010111 01011101 01111111 01010001 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, calling, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word out is repeated.

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

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