This is an analysis of the poem Gloucester Moods that begins with:

A mile behind is Gloucester town
Where the flishing fleets put in, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaababba CDcdefeef ghghciXcX jajakeXke khkhiciic hhhhhXhhj hdhdbXbbX CDcdhahha jajadhddh fbfbaXccaac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 1010110 01010111 1011101 110111 0011101 101011101 101011111 1010101 110010101 100101 010100101 100101 11101 0010101 010010111 110110111 111101 100100101 11101 11110101 110001 100111 1011111 11111010 110110111 1010100 01010111 110101 01011101 111101 011111 011111 01011110 11110001 1010101 11011111 0100111 110110101 1011111 111101 101001001 01111111 111110111 100111 11111101 1111101 110111101 0101101 1110101 1010100 100100101 110101101 1111011 1010011111 100101 101100101 1111001 11101111 1111011010 110110101 111010111100 1111010 110010101 100101 010110111 110001 00100101 0010101 11100101 110110101 1100110 10011101 101111 11100101 110101 1010111 1110001 10111101 110111001 110111 11111101 110111 11110101 110101 11010111 110100 11010101 10101100 101010101 10100101 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, on, she, her, some, to, hearts are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, there, what, shall are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase blue connects the lines.

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