This is an analysis of the poem Guilt And Sorrow that begins with:

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A traveller on the skirt of Sarum's Plain ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbccdcdd X bcbccXcdd X eacaadXdd X bcbccbcbb a fbfbbdbdd a ededdadaa X gdgddhdhh X dddddbdbb X aijiiaXaa g hbhbbabaa a klkllmlmm X dndnnlnXl X dkdkkdkdd X fcfccbcbb X mmmmmdmdd X mmmmmlmll X kdkddbdbb X dgdggkgXg X mdmddodoo X dldllglgg X dddddndnn X l
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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1111011101 0011010011 0110010101 1101010101 1110111101 110111100101 1 111101001010 1001010111 1001010101 101010100111 0101010011 1011101101 1001010101 1011010111 01001110101001 1 1001010101 1001010101 1101010001 1101001111 1101001101 11010100101 01110010101 1101010110 110101010101 1 11110000101 01011100001 1101011101 1101110101 1101011101 1110110101 1011010111 1101010101 1111111011001 1 1011110111 1101110111 0101000101 1101010101 10011010101 1101010101 0111010101 10011101001 1111010110111 1 01110001001 1101011101 10010010111 11110011101 0101011101 1101010111 1001010101 0101011101 111111010101 1 1101110101 0101010101 11111101001 1001011101 11010010100111 11001011101 11010010111 0101110101 010101110101 1 1111010101 0101001101 0101111101 0101110101 1101000101 0101000101 0011001101 1111010101 110111010100001 1 11110101001 0111010101 1111011101 1111110111 0101001101 1001010101 1111010101 0011110110 110101010101 1 1100111101 0111011101 1101000101 0111010101 0101110101 11001011111 1101011111 1011011101 1101010101001 1 1101110101 1011000101 1001010111 10110101001 1101110001 1111010101 0111010111 1111011101 010011001101 1 1100110111 1111010111 1011011101 1101010101 0101010101 01001110011 1101100111 0101011101 1111101011111 1 1101110101 1011011101 01010101011 11100101001 1101010001 110010011001 10010010001 0101010111 010101010011 1 10101110101 01001110101 1101111101 0111110111 1001011111 1100110101 1111010111 110100100111 110011010101 1 10101110101 0101011111 11011011111 11011111001 1101111101 1111111110 01010001101 01101110001 10110101110101 1 1111010110 01010011010 0101010101 101101111010 11010101010 0111111111 11011111110 0101010111 01111011110010 1 1101010101 1101111101 1101101101 1101010001 1111010101 1101110101 1101010111 1001010101 110101110111 1 101010100010 10011111001 10010101010 1101011101 1111011101 11110011010 1011011111 11111111010 1001111011101 1 10101111111 1111111101 10110100101 1111110101 11010100101 11111101110 1101011101 11010111010 1101110101010 1 10001100101 1101010101 1101011101 1101111101 0111111101 1101010111 1011110111 1111010111 100101111101 1 1101110101 0101110101 1101110111 1101011111 1111110101 1101010101 1101110111 0101111101 111111110111 1 10011110111 1111110111 1101010101 1101010111 1101110101 11010100001 0101111101 0111000111 110011010111 1 10011010111 1101010101 1101111101 1101000111 1011111111 1101011111 1111011101 11001110111 010101110101 1 10011010111 1111010001 1101010101 1101000101 1101011101 1011110101 1111000101 1101000111 110101010101 1 1111111111 0111010011 0111000111 0110010101 1101010101 1011011111 110011101001 1101010011 010111010011000 1 1110101101 1111110101 11001101100 00111100101 1111110101 111001101 110110001001 0101011101 1101010100100 1 10100111010101 01110101010 1111110101 1001110101 0101010101 10011011001 1001010111 0101100101 101101101101 1 11110100111 1110111101 01010010101 1001000101 01111001001 1111110111 1001110101 0111110101 110101010101 1 100010010101 0111010110 00111101001 01010101001 1101010011 1101111100 1101011111 1111010101 010101010101 1 10101110101 1111010101 010011101001 0101001111 0110010101 01101110101 10101010100 0101111101 111101010011 1 10101010101 1101000101 0101011001 00101000101 1101011101 0101001101 1011111101 1110010101 111111011111 1 10111110111 1111010111 1011111111 1001000101 10110111001 1111010101 0111010101 1101010111 110101011101 1 10111010101 1101011111 1100111101 1111110101 1110010101 0011001111 1001110101 1111110101 100101011111 1 10101011101 1111010101 0101110101 1011110101 1111011101 0101011101 1101010101 01001111111 101101101101 1 10001101101 1011110100 1111001101 0101110101 01110010101 0111010111 0101010100 1001010101 111111110111 1 101110101001 1111001101 0101000111 0101110111 1101110101 0111110101 1101010101 010011111010 1111111101010 1 10101110100 010010100101 11010011101 1101110001 0111010111 0110010101 1101010001 0101011101 110101011101 1 10111011101 10111011101 0101011101 1111110101 0101010111 0101010101 1111010101 0111110101 011111110101 1 10111010110 11011100101 1100110111 1111010111 0101010101 1111111101 1111110101 0101010111 1100101010101 1 11111100101 0100101101 1011011101 11010110001 0111111101 1101110101 0111110101 1101010101 111101110101 1 10101011111 11111011101 1111110101 10010011111 1111011101 11011110101 1001011111 1101111101 0101001110101 1 1100010101 01110011101 0101011100 0111011101 11001111101 1111010111 1001010101 01001010101 110111110111 1 1101010111 0101000111 11001100111 1111010101 1100110001 1101010101 1111010110 1111111101 1101110010010 1 01010100111 1100010111 1101010101 1001010101 1101010110 10110100101 10110010001 0101011101 111101011111 1 0101010101 1101010101 0101010101 0100111001 1101110111 1101011101 0101110101 1101010101 111111110101 1 1011011101 0101110111 0101010101 1011110111 1101000101 1101010101 1101010101 1001011110 110101010101 1 0101111111 0100010101 1101110101 10011011111 0101110101 0101010101 1101111101 1001110101 100101010010 1 10001110011 10101110101 1111111101 0101011001 1101111101 11111011001 111100101000 100100100101 0101011101001 1 1101111111 0001010101 1101010101 1101111111 0111110101 0101110101 1101010101 0101100111 1011001111011 1 1111110001 1011110001 10110101000 1101111110 10011110001 0101010111 0111000101 1100010101 100111110101 1 1101011111 10011110101 1111111101 1001110101 11111100101 0011010101 11110110001 1101010101 010101010101 111 01110101001 10001010101 1101010101 1011000111 0111000111 01010111100 1100110111 11001111111 111001110111 1 0101010101 11001010001 1111111101 0101110101 01010111001 0101010101 1101010110100 1101111101 011111101101 1 1001010111 00110101100 0101011101 1101010111 0011010101 1101010101 10010111001 1101111111 11110110011000 1 1011000101 1100110101 0101010101 1101010101 1001000111 1111010101 11101110111 01010111101 111011111011 1 1001001011101 10011100101 1101011101 1100010101 1101101101 0111010101 1111011100 0101111101 111101110101 1 101101110100 1011110101 1110100101 11011010101 0111010111 1011110101 1101100101 1101010100 111111111111 1 10101110101 1111011011 1111101101 11001010111 11111101001 11011101001 01001011011 0101010111 111101011111 1 10101111111 1101010100 1111110111 1111010011 1011111110 1011110101 1111010001 1101000101 1111011111010 1 01011101001 0101111100 011111001001 1101110101 0011010001 0100011101 1101000101 11101011111 11011101111000 1 0101110101 1011111101 0101010101 11001010101 1100010111 1111000101 0110011101 11110101011 1011010100100 1 11010101011 1011010111 0100110111 1101110101 0101010101 0101111111 1101011011 01111100101 11110110111010 1 0101010001 1111110101 1101011101 1001101101 11101111001 011111101000 0111100101 0101010101 110101110101 1 0101010001 11110000101 1101110101 1001101101011 1101010100100 11010011101 1010101011100 1111101101 10111110001100 1 0111110101 10010010001 1111111111 1111011101 11010000111 1101010011 1001010101 0101011111 111111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 148
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 740
  • 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; he, his, of, her, i, my, and, in, we, from, to, she, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, and, he, a, the, we, what, nor, of, through, his are repeated.

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