This is an analysis of the poem For The Spot Where The Hermitage Stood On St. Herbert's Island, Derwentwater. that begins with:

If thou in the dear love of some one Friend
Hast been so happy that thou know'st what thoughts ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbacXXdcXaceaXbXeeXadeXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100110111 1011011111 0010010001 1011111100 0101110101 1101010101 01001001101 1101111101 1101010101 1011010101 11000101001 0100010001 1101110101 0101011111 01010010011 10111101100 01011010101 110010100010 10001001111 0101001111 0001011111 1111010001 1100110101 1111110001 1101010011 1011000101 11011100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 205
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • 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; thou is repeated.

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