This is an analysis of the poem At Tynemouth Priory that begins with:

AFTER A TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE.
As slow I climb the cliff's ascending side,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbacbbcdbbdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 100110010 1111010101 1101010101 11001110101 1111110101 11001011101 0101101100 11010101111 0101110101 01110101001 11011110101 0101011101 1111011101 1100110101 10101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

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