This is an analysis of the poem A Tale Of True Love that begins with:

Not in the mist of legendary ages,
Which in sad moments men call long ago,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff egegee hihijj kckcll bfbfmm dcdckk clcldd nmnmcc ajaXcc eeeemX acacll oeXell cjXXcc hahagg pjpjff XjdXll dcdcqq klklqq kqkqcc cmXmcc eqeXjj Xqlqcc hqhqoo ddddll eeeell XXcadd cjcjrX dqdqlX XcdXsX bcbcXX llllaX XcdcmX ececaa kjkjXc amamaa oao
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 92
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 552
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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, but, to, as, that, whose, i, you, my, her, '', no, of, in, he, she, his, its, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, but, the, i are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, then, it 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 '' is repeated).

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

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

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