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

THE Harp in lowliness obeyed;
And first we sang of the greenwood shade... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaabbccbbadaeXfaaggdehahaccbbbbdeaabXiiffadaddjdjehhakaakdXfgfggaadjdjadXXajjXXaafbfbbbbddbbggbbleleggaaddemmnnoXaaodXppaaaaaallffkkaaanngoffaXoohlhlaapeddphghgllmmbbppaaggmmbbXllabblXllldXffppdeaallhhbbaaqqkkffooaaddnmnmkkjjffddccaddaaXfklaaccllddXgaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 257,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010001 111100111 1010101 01010111 00100101 01110101 010100001 01010001 01010101 11010111 1000101 01010101 11011101 01000101 01000100 01010010 11000110 11010101 010101001 01011101 01111101 11001001 11010100 01011101 10110101 11010110 01010101 11010101 11010101 01010001 010101001 111100001 11110101 110101001 01010100 00010001 10110001 11110111 01010110 010010011 111001001 11010101 11000101 01110101 11011001 01110111 11011111 00111101 10101101 01110111 01010101 01110100 11110111 11111101 11110111 11011111 01011111 01010101 11110101 11110111 11011100 110010101 11010101 110100101 010010101 11010111 11010101 10110101 10110111 11011101 11010101 110101001 11011101 110111111 01000111 11111110 11010101 10011111 01110101 11011100 01011100 111100101 01010101 11000101 11010101 011001111 110010101 011010101 11011100 110100101 111100101 11011101 01011101 11110101 10111101 01010101 11011101 11100111 11110101 11110100 11010111 11001100 11110001 11000101 01110101 11000101 00111111 11010101 11100100 11010101 11010101 010101010 010101010 110110010 01010101 00011001 11110111 111111010 110111001 01110011 11111111 11011001 01010111 11010101 11110101 00110111 010101001 010110101 01010101 11011001 01110111 111100100 01110101 010001011 01110101 01110101 11110001 110111010 110101010 10110101 11011100 10011011 11010101 11110111 11111100 111111010 011101010 11010101 10010101 01010011 11110101 11001101 10110111 11010101 10110100 11110101 110100101 11111101 101111010 11011101 111100010 01010101 11110111 110010111 111000101 01010111 11011101 01110101 010111001 11101101 01110101 11011101 11110001 11010001 01110011 01111111 11010111 11011101 111111101 100110101 11110111 10110111 01110101 01110111 11110101 01010110 01111100 110101011 01100001 01110111 11011100 01011101 01111111 11001111 01010111 11010111 11010100 11110101 01111111 01000100 01000101 111111111 10110101 11110101 11101111 10111101 01110101 01111111 01010101 11111111 010111010 11110111 11010101 011101010 110100010 01010101 01000101 01011101 11010101 11001001110 11000101 011101010 11011111 101000101 011001001 10011101 11011101 11110111 010100101 11110100 01110101 01011101 01000101 01011101 11110101 11011001 01111111 11101101 01111101 11000101 01011101 01011101 01101011 11010001 01110011 1111011 01010001 01111101 01110101 10000101 01011000 11011111 11000111 11010101 11010101 11010101 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 8975
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1644
  • Amount of lines: 257
  • 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; her, in, your, i, and, he, to, she are repeated.

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

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