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

THERE is an end of joy and sorrow;
Peace all day long, all night, all morrow,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddceec ccfddf eegeeg hhcccc ccihhi eeiXji aacggk ccfeef jjcddc cckXek XXhcch llfeef XXbeeb ddicci Xamkkm eeneen eekddk eehooh ccpeep hhqhhq eeceec ckjhXjXqeiooi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101110 111111110 110010111 010101010 010101110 01010101 111101110 110111110 11011111 0101111110 110111010 11000100 110101110 110101010 110100101 111101010 110101110 11001010 101110010 110100110 11011101 111111110 111101010 10111110 101111110 110111110 11111101 011101110 1110111110 11011111 100101110 111110010 11111111 011110010 0101111110 0101011001 111111110 011101110 110010100 110111110 101101110 11111101 010101010 011111010 01010011 101011110 1011010010 11110111 011101110 01111010 01110111 101101010 111111010 11011111 111111100 111101110 11011111 101111110 111111010 11111101 110111110 010111110 01110101 110111010 10101010110 01011101 111110110 101110110 110111011 1100111110 1011011010 11111001 011111110 1100101110 01010111 100101010 1001011010 10010101 1011011100 1101011100 11110101 0101011110 100111010 10110101 101111110 110111010 11111111 011101010 1111110110 10110111 111111111 110101110 11111111 110111010 010011010 01001101 111111010 111101010 11110111 1110111010 1110111010 111011101 0101001010 1101001010 11010101 1110011110 100110010 01001101 110101010 110101110 01011101 111101110 010001110 01011001 011111110 1010101110 11111111 1101001110 111101010 0101101101 111111110 110101010 11111001 110101010 111110110 11110101 10101001110 010001110 110100100 011101110 010101010 001010001 110100110 011111010 01110101 110100110 011111110 11010101 11111101 110111010 10110111 010111110 111111110 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, no, of, there, good, and, end, be, not, sweet, one, their, he, them, they, know are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no, there, one, nay, shall, bathing, he, nor are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines be is repeated).

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