This is an analysis of the poem Distant View Of England From The Sea that begins with:

Yes! from mine eyes the tears unbidden start,
As thee, my country, and the long-lost sight... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabccbdeedff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011011001 1111010111 0111111101 0101111101 01011100011 1011010111 111000101001 1001011111 11010100101 11110110111 1111111101 1111001101 0101111111 1001111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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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