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

Oh, Wellington! (or 'Villainton'--for Fame
Sounds the heroic syllables both ways;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abababXX cdcdcdee fgfgfghh ijiXijkX dhdhlhjj iXibibmm bmXmbmaa Xjbjbjbn dgdglXbb noXonojj mpmpmpqq ggggggmm Xcicicbb XmXmmmaa Xikikiii jpjpjpqq Xbmbmbmp imimimbb crcrcrii XdXXdXmm jgjXjgbb ajXjajii bdbdXdii jgjgjgXm cscscsll djdjljll ccccccbb lblblbll hXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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01111110010 0101110011 111011010010 1101011101 10110111001 1101111010 1010110100 1101010101 1111010100 1011010101 1101011101 1001001111 110010111110 011111011010 0100110111 1111011001 0101111101 0011010101 01010100111 1111110101 01000110101 0111110111 1101010101 100111010010 1111110101 01010101010 11010101010 11101101011 11010101010 11010110110 0111010101 1111110101 1111011101 1111000101 1111110101 0011011111 01011011110 100010011110 1100111111100 1111010101 110101011100 0111010101 11011100010 0101001101 110010101010 11010101010 1111000101 00010001111 0101111110 1101010101 01001010101 1011000101 1101010011 1101110111 01110101010 010001001010 010000101110 10110001110 01011101010 01010111110 1111010101 0101010101 1101110100 1000010101 01110010100 01001011101 0101011000 1101011001 1111000100 11010100101 0101010101 01010100010 0101111101 10111111010 1101011111 011111010010 01110111100 01111111110 11010100110 1111010011 01111010010 1111011111 11001101110 1101010101 01010101001 0110010101 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  • Amount of stanzas: 85
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 680
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; in, you, and, your, to, like, we, be, for, i, of, oh, what, her, as, their, on, had, he, or, now, his, thou, thee, love, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words upon, mark, oh, and, his, the, or, that, her, of are repeated.

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

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

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