This is an analysis of the poem Don Juan: Canto The Fifteenth that begins with:

Ah!--What should follow slips from my reflection;
Whatever follows ne'ertheless may be ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbacXd Xacacaee Xeeeeeaa efefefgg gXghghff Xdhdhdaa ieieieXe cjXjbjXX cbcbcbff kgkgkgee llXXmXXf nknknkXa eaeaeakk ogogogaa gagagacc ememXmhh lamalaff ahahahff XccbcXpp cqcqXqcX XXdcdcrr caeaeaXa gbgXgbcc kafafXee sesXXehh gagagaqq tltltlii kakakahh kkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 98
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 782
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ', or, his, there's, in, of, music, proud, that, and, dic, to, i, nor, some, for, miss, she, it, not, her, my, with, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, there's, to, of, the, nor, she, they, for, a, that, and, in, if, scott, 'tis are repeated.

    The author used the same words but, i, and, she, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, him are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases march, serious connect the lines.

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