This is an analysis of the poem Book Fifth-Books that begins with:

WHEN Contemplation, like the night-calm felt
Through earth and sky, spreads widely, and sends deep... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefdgeehaddagiajjkaldmenXfeobpahpggmjiqdrgddgk agmXafgdnXaregfmjampidgpggfeikagkaaadifgbghlesgmagrjregiecXgiXkraagddtahaahrgegebrggqhagctg bXddgaXaagpaqepfomphaigrd cleXsdeagXaadkhkatfrkgpstk ncfdoafdrerlatrgkeeeerdearerigg braggakjdpgregkXtggXarm gagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 49,91,25,26,31,23,102,17,6,19,37,34,17,14,43,51,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1521
  • Average number of words per stanza: 271
  • Amount of lines: 607
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, of, to, in, so, their, me, that, for, we, he, him, most, its, her, not, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, to, he, this, that, their, for, and, nor, of, by are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines knight, then are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word lake at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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