This is an analysis of the poem Monody, Written At Matlock that begins with:

Matlock! amid thy hoary-hanging views,
Thy glens that smile sequestered, and thy nooks... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaaccXddcceddefXcffcgXcgheheiifffggfaahddhaaccddfddfddaafggfiihhcddcdhdhahhjkcckaagiigeechhcjXabbaeejdjdddddallafcfcefefaeeaffddggeeggeeiiggggggjmmjccnllndXhffhffeeaaaahcchhhgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 178,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 1111010111 11010111100 1111010101 1111010111 0101010101 01001110111 1101011101 1111011101 1111110101 11000101001 1101110011 1101010111 1101110101 1011000101 1101010101 1111010101 0101011100 1101011101 1101010101 111001101001 1101010101 1101010101 11010101100 0111010101 0101010101 00111010111 1111011111 0101000111 11001100111 11001010111 0101010101 1101010011 110101010101 1111010101 1100010100 10010010111 1011010101 0111010101 01010010101 10011011101 1111010101 1001010001 1100110001 11010010101 101101010101 0101110101 1101110101 1101000101 1110111111 1101011101 01111100111 10111000101 110101110101 1101011111 1101010101 1101110101 1100101110101 1011111111 0111010101 1101010101 11010010111 10111011101 1011011001 0111010011 010101110101 1101011001 0111011001 0101010101 1111010101 0101011101 1101111101 1011010101 1101010101 0101010101 1101010101 11100100101 11100101001 1111000111 0101100101 1111010111 1111010101 0101010111 0100010101 11000011101 0101010111 1101011101 1111110111 1101110111 0101001101 1101010101 0101010101 1111010101 1001010111 1101011101 01010011001 0111011101 0100110111 0111110101 11010100001 1101010101 0101010101 1001011111 0111110101 11110111001 0111010111 1111011101 0101011011 1101011101 1101010010 0101011101 0101000101 1101011100 1111111111 0101110101 0101010101 1111110101 0101010101 0011010101 11010101001 01110101001 1001100111 1101001101 10111100101 1101011001 1111010111 1011111111 1011110101 0101010101 0111110101 11110010101 1100101101 1101010111 1111110111 0111011110 001010100111 1011010101 0011111101 1101010111 1101010101 0111011101 1001110101 1101010101 1101010001 1011011101 01001000101 1111110111 0110011101 0111001101 10011101001 11111010101 11011100101 110100111001 0111010111 1001000101 1011010001 1111010101 1001010100 1101010101 0111100101 1100010101 1101010101 1101100101 0101010101 1111010101 0101110011 0101010101 1011000101 1011010101 11010100111 1101111101 1001011111 1101010101 1101101101 00010011101 1111010111 0101000101 1011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 7946
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1402
  • Amount of lines: 178
  • 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; thy, her, of, and, their, his, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, i, the, than, if, from are repeated.

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  • summary of Monody, Written At Matlock;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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