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

FROM Bolton's old monastic tower
The bells ring loud with gladsome power;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbdebebXdeeffaaggfffXhhXijjkkllggmmiiXdhhiiikkkmnmniiiibbiikkeeffeneniieeffbbffgogoXlggkkgggnlnlnleejjlliikkiippoohhffiikkffffhhfffXfqiqkkbdpkpkleleeeppkkkpkpknnkkkkkkXllhhbkbknnbbiihXefefggbdhhkkllkkeepllhhppakkaeekbdkhhkXllbdnnniiffhhffkkahkkrrhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 336,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101010 011101010 01110111 01001101 01110111 01010101 10101110 10011010 11010111 11001100 01010101 11011111 11010101 1111111 11010111 010100100 11111100 110010101 11010101 01000111 011101010 010001010 11011101 01111100 10010101 10010101 01010111 1010001101 11011101 01011111 1011110 10111111 010101101 110010011 11011101 10100101 010101001 100100101 11010111 11011101 00110101 01100101 01010101 110101101 11011100 01010100 01011111 00101001 11010101 110110101 101101001 11111101 01010101 11000111 11000101 11000111 1110101 010101 11011001 11010101 110101110 110101010 11011101 01110101 010011101 01010101 11001111 11001111 11011101 11010111 111101111 11010101 10111010 01001101 101001010 00100101 101011110 010101010 101001010 10101110 1110101 1011100 1011101 1110101 101000101 1001111 110100111 1010101 0110111 1110101 11101100 0010111 1110111 00110111 01110101 0010101 11010101 11010101 111101101 010001001 110010101 01000101 1100111 110101101 01110100 110111010 110100110 11001001 10011101 11010101 01010100 11011111 1101101 11010111 11011101 11100001 11010110 1101001010 110001010 11110101 10010111 11000111 1011101 11010111 11010100 110100101 01011101 010000101 1010001 11010101 10110101 11010101 1010101 01010101 11001111 101101001 11110111 11010111 010101010 11110111 010100101 01001101 1010101 11010111 01110101 101010111 11011100 010100010 00100101 10101110 0010101 1010101 10100101 1010101 10000111 11010101 01010101 00010101 10010111 11010101 110101001 11010001 01011111 11010101 01110101 01100101 101011101 01100101 010111 01010101 11110101 00110101 10010101 11000101 11010100 11110101 01000100 11101111 111100111 11111101 01010101 11111111 01110101 01010101 11110101 01011101 10010101 011000001 110011111 11110101 01010111 11010101 01110111 10110111 11010001 10011111 01010100 11110101 11010100 01010101 01010101 11011101 10011101 11110101 01000101 100101001 01010001 11010111 01010100 10010001 010001111 010001001 11110101 01011101 11010101 11010101 110101010 10011101 11001101 1111101010 10010101 10011101 111100001 01000101 01010100 1101001 01110001 01010101 01011001 01010100 01010101 01100111 01010101 11010100 01011111 00100111111 001001001001 111001001001 01001001011 01011011011 111001111001 11101101 110100101 11110101 01101011001 11111111 010110001 1001011110 010101111 010110101 0010100111 1111101101 11101101001 11010011 11011101 10000101 11000001 11110101 11010101 11010101 11001101 11010100 11111100 11010101 010100101 11010101 001101010 11010101 001001010 11100101 010101010 11010111 010111010 11111111 11010111 01010111 01000101 11111111 01011101 11010111 01010101 11110101 11110111 11000101 011101001 11010101 01010101 11110101 11010101 110111001 10111101 10110101 11000101 01010100 110100111 01010100 110101110 0100101010 01010101 10110101 110111010 101101010 011001000 110111010 11110111 1101100 110111011 11010111 1101101001 11011101 01011101 11010110 11010111 11010001 1010100 11010101 01010111 11110101 11010101 110010101 01000111 11110111 11010101 11101101 11111101 01010101 11011100 11010111 01011101 11110111 010001101 01111100 11110101 01001001 0101010010 010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 11747
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2111
  • Amount of lines: 336
  • 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; and, of, as, or, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, comes, lie, ye, of, as, and, she are repeated.

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