This is an analysis of the poem The Waggoner - Canto Second that begins with:

IF Wytheburn's modest House of prayer,
As lowly as the lowliest dwelling,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcacdbXdeeXfggddagahhaaiaadidXfiiiiiibbjjkkeXffhilhXfXjXmmililXneebbnnhhddkkaaffohhohppnnliiffXkkdaaaaaggaaggiigkeeaaqqXXgXddcciiffhXiikkhgghddXpnXeXffeeXdddeieiXfhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 166,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010101 110101010 10010101 01011101 01010001 11110101 111111010 100101100 011011 11010011 11011101 01110111 10011100 01000111 101010001 01010111 11010101 11010101 110100001 01010111 00010001 1000101 1010101 11000101 10010101 11110101 11010101 11011101 10010101 11010101 110101100 1001001010 01010101 01110101 01110001 100011111 11000111 11110101 110011110 110101010 11110111 01001111 11010101 11110111 11101101 11100101 11100110 110110100 11001101 1010101 11010100 11110111 1010101 010111010 010011000 1100100111 01010101 11010001 110101001 11010101 010110110 01011111 010111010 111101010 111011110 10010101 01010101 010101010 10001010 010101010 110011010 11011101 01110001 011100101 01010111 11111101 01011100 11010101 1100101001 11010001 01010100 11100111 01011101 11010101 11110101 110100110 100100111 01111101 1010 1010 10101010 01110101 01000101 01110111 111100101 1100101010 01011101 1010101 11010101 1011101 111101001 101010001 11111101 11110101 01011001 01010101 01010101 11010101 01011101 01001101 110111010 0111000010 110101110 111111010 01011101 01111111 11010111 11110101 01010101 11110011 111101110 1100101011 11111111 11011100 01011101 01000101 11100101 11110101 111100101 01111111 11111111 110100101 10011101 11011111 11100101 01010101 11010001 111101001 1100110011 01010101 01011101 11011001 01010101 110011001 1101010100 11001101 010101110 010101001 11001101 010001010 111101010 10011101 11000101 11010001 110101010 010101001 10010101 11011101 110101010 10010111 10101010 11110111 11000110 11001101 11011101 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5841
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1070
  • Amount of lines: 166
  • 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; his, and, what, to, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, and, this, what, 'tis, the are repeated.

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