This is an analysis of the poem The Primrose Of The Rock that begins with:

A Rock there is whose homely front
The passing traveller slights;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbcbdeaeee fgagfg chihfh ejdjcj fkiXXk faXaba gedefe fjajeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01101101 0101001 11011111 1111001 11111011 010101 110011101 110101 11111111 110111 01010101 0101011 010110001 110101 01110001 110101 10010101 0100101 11010101 1100101 01010001 110101 11010111 0100100 11010101 111111 01010101 010111 10011001 110101 111100110 110111 011001001 110110 11010001 010101 11111101 110111 101011101 110100 11010001 011010 11011111 0100101 010100101 111101 10010101 110011 01000101 0100011 01110101 011111 1111010110 011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, for, and are repeated.

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

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