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

NOW joy for you who from the towers
Of Brancepeth look in doubt and fear,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcXdebfbfgXcXfhfhbbiihhffhXbabjjakklXhXffllhhhjjalalmmaaffhhhchchhininhXchXhhhcXhhXhcXleblffaaXagggbbdhhbcdllbehhblblcdXiiooggbbhhcdhhbecccpXaallllhhhhllcdfafalbbllllhhcdeeaaqqhhllrrllrlliihhhbhbjjcXaaeehhffbbllhhffllffhfhhhchdjjkkhhbbeerraahhhhllfhdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 344,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111110010 010010111 10101010 01011101 11000101 01001101 010110110 1101100 1010100 11010001 11011101 11010111 11010101 11101111 11111111 11110101 01101100 11111111 10010101 11101101 10010001 11111111 11110101 11111101 01011011 11111111 111000101 01010101 110101100 110100101 111100101 11111111 010011101 01001101 110101001 11000111 11011101 11010101 01111100 11011111 110110101 01011001 01011000 11110101 11011101 01011101 01110100 11010101 11110011 010010101 11110101 11010001 11010101 110101001 010100101 11110001 01001101 11110101 101110101 010011101 101110111 11010001 10100111 1101011001 11010101 01011011 11000101 10110100 01011111 1010111101 01101101 10110101 11010101 01101011 100010001 11010110 10010101 010100111 10101111 01011111 11111111 11011101 01000101 01010100 10111101 11010101 10111000 10010101 11010111 01011000 010100111 00111101000 110011001001 1010011001101 11010111 01110101 11011101 0100100001 00110101 0101011 101010101 01011101 110100101 11110101 11010111 01010100 11010101 11010101 110101101 10110101 01110100 01011101 01000111 11010111 110101010 11010101 01010101 01011111 10110101 11110101 110100111 11010111 110111100 10110101 010100001 11110111 11111001 111100101 10010111 010101001 111101101 01010111 11111101 110100101 100111101 11100100 11010101 100100111 110010101 110101110 01011101 110101001 11011011 01010101 10010100 010100001 10110101 0101001001 0100001001 10010101 01011101 11111101 11010111 10110101 11010001 11010101 10010111 11110101 010010100 11110111 01000001 11110111 11010101 1100100011 11010001 11010101 11000101 11010101 11010101 01011101 11010111 0110010001 10011101 01000100 110100010 1111010010 10101101 01011111 11011001 01100101 11010101 01000101 110101001 01010101 01110111 01010011 110100101 11111101 11010101 01000101 11100101 01010011 01010001 11010111 10101100101 11010101 11001111 01011101 110011101 10011101 11010101 11011011 10110111 11101101 01110101 11010010 01110010 01011101 00010001 11010101 01000101 01010001 01110101 11010101 01000101 11010111 11001101 111101010 010100010 11110101 01010101 11011101 11010101 111110101 01010101 1101001101 01000101 101111001 10010101 01010101 11000100 11011101 10100101 10010101 0110101001 10100100101 11010101 11010111 1010100101 101101010 010100010 11111101 011101001 010001011 1000010001 11010001 11010101 0100101010 11110101010 11010101 11010101 01111111 01010101 01010100 11110100 10011101 010011111 010100111 00110100 1011101111 10011100 11111101 11110111 01110101 01110011 01011111 01110101 11110111 110101001 101110011 10010101 01001001 01010101 01110101 11100101 00110111 1100101001 01011101 11111101 10110101 11111101 11010111 11011100 01100111 11111101 01011011 10011101 01010101 101101001 11011011 00111101 11010101 01010101 11111111 010101001 11110101 01011101 01100101 11010001 10111101 00010111 01010101 11011101 11110101 010010111 01010111 11010101 11010100 11111111 11110111 11100101 01110101 01111101 010111001 11000101 11011101 01110111 111111100 01010111 11000011 11011101 01010101 01011101 01011101 01010101 01100100 01010111 11010101 11110011 01010001 11001111 11010101 01111101 11010001 11110101 11011101 01010111 01010001 11010011 10110101 01010111 11000101 01100001 110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 12309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2221
  • Amount of lines: 344
  • 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, in, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, this, without, in are repeated.

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