This is an analysis of the poem First Love that begins with:
A clergyman in Berkshire dwelt,
The REVEREND BERNARD POWLES,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd eXef gaga XaXa ebeX hchX igig jXjb cgcg ekek alal hbhb ahah aeae cgcg mhmh alal fafa ejej dldl jhjh baba gaga jnjn jajX obob
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 01000110 10011101 110101 11010111 010101 01000100 110011 11010111 1000111 11010001 110110 11010011 110101 01101101 010100 010101000 110101 11000101 110011 1010100111 1101001 01011100 0101100 01010011 111111 01001011 01010 01011101 011101 01001111 101101 11010101 010100 110100100 100001 01010101 110111 11110101 010101 11010101 010101 11111101 010101 11010101 110101 11010111 010101 11000101 11101 01010101 110111 11010101 110001 11010001 110101 11110101 010101 11110101 110101 10101110 111101 01001101 110100 01000101 010111 01010001 010101 11111101 010001 01111111 010100 111101010 010111 010100010 110101 11111101 110111 11010101 100001 11010101 110111 11010101 010100 110100111 110101 01010101 010101 1101001 110001 01010101 110101 11111111 011111 11010001 010111 11100101 111011 01000111 010101 101111111 110111 11110001 0111110 11110011 111101 001001001 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 27
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 108
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no, he are repeated.
The author used the same words though, no, and, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase he connects the lines.
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