This is an analysis of the poem Mesmerism that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbb X cddcc X effee X egXee a accaa a gXagg X hcchh X fiiff X iccii d jkkjj a dlldd X ccccc X mccmm X jffjj X niinn X fccff X ceecc X geegg X cddcc X bccbb X bllbb X cXgcc X fggff X ghhgg X fllff X biibb XXaccaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110101 11101 11101 10101111 1110101 1 0111111 10111 10111 10110101 10100101 1 1010111 10111 10101 00110101 1011101 1 10100101 10101 11110 1010101 1011111 1 0111011 11111 10111 01101001 1111111 1 1110111 00100 10111 0011111 00100101 1 111111 00101 1011 101101 00101101 1 111111 101011 10111 1110101 00101101 1 101101 10101 10111 1011110 1010001 1 101111 11111 00111 0011101 101101 1 0101001 10101 11101 1011100 101111 1 1100101 01111 11101 1001000 1111111 1 111101 11101 10111 0110111 1100101 1 1111101 10101 10101 0101101 0100111 1 111011010 10101 10111 1011010 001001010 1 1011011 00101 10101 01110101 10100101 1 1010001 1001 00111 1100111 0011101 1 101111 100101 10111 0010111 10110101 1 101111 10101 10101 0011110 1010101 1 1100111 11101 10101 10110101 11110111 1 1111111 1011 11101 00110111 1011101 1 1110111 11000 10111 10100111 111101 1 10100101 11101 01101 1010111 111111 1 110101 10111 1011 111101 1100101 1 111111 00101 00101 0110101 10111111 1 110111 11001 11101 00101101 1010111 1 10101111 10101 101011 1110111 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 53
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 163
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Mesmerism;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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