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

When Newton saw an apple fall, he found
In that slight startle from his contemplation--... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaXcc dadadabb efefeXgX hihihijj ikikikdd jXXdjXff lmlmlXdd ebebebgg bnbnbngg opopopdX jXjhXhjj dXdfdfdd XgXgXndd aqaqaqbb fnfgXnbb bebeXecc Xnbnbnaa cdcdcdbX jnjnjnaX clclclhh bgbgbgnn cacacaii adadadkk obobdbf jdjdjdee nfnfnfjj abXbabhh rdXoroaa aaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 87
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 352
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 695
  • 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; and, i, to, all, of, that, much, he, his, or, perhaps, her, she, be, which, through, how, thy, take, them are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, in, the, he, she, how, thy, had are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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