This is an analysis of the poem The White Doe Of Rylstone, Or, The Fate Of The Nortons - Canto Fifth that begins with:

HIGH on a point of rugged ground
Among the wastes of Rylstone Fell... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccabcadeXdedfaagghhbbbibiacacaccaaaaeeddafeaXaajjggddddcaccaaaaeafeaaaaaafggXaakkkllaaXaaXgXaaagagaeaXeefmmaaddefncnchhddggegfgnXaaccddaagaXgdXgXaaddhhggmmhdhggdaaXaXaaaaammaaaaeXdadXkkhjaaddccXkoo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 201,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01010101 01010111 11001101 11000111 110101001 01110111 101111111 11110111 01010011 01000101 11111101 1111100 01111101 11010101 11010101 01011100 11110101 01011111 10010111 010110111 100100111 111101001 101110101 110010001 11010101 01011011 11111101 01010001 11111111 11010101 11011101 11110011 11010101 01111101 11010101 10010101 010101101 11110101 10010111 01010101 110100011 01010101 11010111 11011111 010110100 10100101 01010111 11011011 11010101 01011111 111101010 010111110 101110001 01010101 11010001 01010011 11110001 111100111 11010111 11001101 11010011 11010011 10110111 11010101 110111001 110101011 110011111 11110101 110100100 11100101 11111100 10010101 01100101 11110101 11010101 110001111 11010100 11010011 10010111 11011000 11010011 11111101 111101001 110011101 00010100 100100101 11000101 10110101 10110111 110111010 10010011 01110001 110101100 11111111 111101001 11010101 01110101 10110111 11110111 01010001 001100101 01010111 11111101 01001111 110110100 01011111 11110101 11010100 01010101 110101011 01000101 01011111 11010101 01110111 11111101 110001100 01101101 01011101 01010101 11010111 100011101 001110101 11111101 11011011 01011001 100010111 10010101 11010101 10010100 11011101 01000111 11010100 11110101 01010101 11101101 11111111 11000111 11010111 11010101 011000101 11010111 11100101 01010110 11011111 11010101 01011011 11010111 101001010 01010101 110100111 11000101 010100011 111100111 01110101 110101010 111111110 11111101 110000111 11111101 10011101 11111101 10110101 01010101 10001100 11010101 11010101 001010101 10010101 010010101 11000101 11010111 01010101 10100101 01011101 11110111 01010101 11011111 10110101 01010001 00100101 01010101 11000110 11111001 11010111 0100101101 010010100 11110101 010010101 11010101 111011010 11010101 01100101 11011011 110111001 11011101 01010001 111101010 11010101 10111001 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 7135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1289
  • Amount of lines: 201
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, or, their, he, to, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a, they are repeated.

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

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