This is an analysis of the poem Merlin And Vivien that begins with:

A storm was coming, but the winds were still,
And in the wild woods of Broceliande, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXc defgchagiij beXh bjbaihkXX lkgfmmX XjnmmobcbXaimbmXbeXbfbijX ebcab jkkbbobXobcipjoXXk kkbkbXgnepjbX Xqkgf jbibeibrkelfcgicajnX ijmkXfXsklrbgb ijjjjjmjcc jij jbisfmbfjmocfioikfkkjefmmcsncbfjgiktkgj hbajstjg qjjjXXcXgikcPmmgbGggjX jtuXkgqcbijitalbimja
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,11,4,9,7,25,5,18,13,5,20,14,10,3,39,8,22,49,22,21,45,21,10,3,3,3,3,1,5,33,8,4,20,56,19,10,45,14,4,33,11,5,24,9,4,9,7,6,20,8,14,5,7,10,10,6,33,19,8,21,26,21,33,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 65
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 667
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 974
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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, and, fear, i, of, thine, we, had, he, her, his, no, more, for, strange, so, me, you, charm, as, all, love, be, it, such, that, mine, fame, shame, some, to, nor, chest, they, she, him are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, my, for, and, 'o, must, that, so, through, a, or, nor, they, she, her are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, she, then 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 fear, evermore, mine, winks, fright are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words ', all 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 love, there connect the lines.

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