This is an analysis of the poem The Princess (Part 5) that begins with:

Now, scarce three paces measured from the mound,
We stumbled on a stationary voice, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeaafghghbedfiedijh ecdjXXiklXfmdXXcbnkjibcdXcgkeXghbfgkcoaa pbcagcjlagXiadiXcXa ahfhcgkpanahakecacgacpcXdjiadbagaadlpXclkqXkhhpmpdggggrgbradbebaefbXfefslbedlljedhidnbjgpXajeeedimdchdgicagdnefdetgcdhkagehXXndefcgbgaXbhagaalgebdekdXgaaj emcfraaehbeecgln
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,40,19,154,29,11,23,12,7,10,24,9,13,50,14,105,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 229
  • Amount of lines: 559
  • 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; one, and, she, my, her, ', you, them, to, as, of, talk, nor, with, i, three, more, for, this, we, if, fail, our, on, from, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, to, we, nor, she, i, of, man, part, from are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, down are repeated).

    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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