This is an analysis of the poem Perinde Ac Cadaver that begins with:

In a vision Liberty stood
By the childless charm-stricken bed... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaa Xbaab cacca ddddd edeed eaeea eceXc fbffb agaag eaXea ddddX ahaah ijiij Xfbbf kekke dlddl memmX ddddd dedde babba caccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101001 10101101 11001010 101011111 101001 011011100 0110101 01110110 101101110 01001101 1111001 0111011 11101101 11011001 10110111 101001001 00100111 11000111 10101011 111101101 101101101 100110010 11110111 111111001 11111110 101011111 1111111 1111111 111001011 111101011 1101011 1101011 111001111 0010100110 101011001 10111111 1111111 11111011 111011011 111011101 101111011 10001111 111111111 1111011 1111011 1011101011 111011011 011011111 0010110001 101001011 10101001 0011010101 001001101 111111 1110110 1111111 111001 101001001 101011001 1111001 10011001 101111011 011111001 11001111 11101001 101111001 1101011 111011 11001011 10101011 100011011 0110101 1111111 1111011 11111101 10011111 1111001 1111011 1101101 1011111 11101001 1001101 10100111 0011111 101110110 1111001 1101001 0110111 11011101 1101111 10111011 1111011 101101011 0111011 1111011 10010111 1111111 0111001 1100101 1101001 1011101 111011001 11100111 111011 10110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 105
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; her, and, with, me, my, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, thou, that, and, to, with, is, thy are repeated.

    The author used the same word thou at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Perinde Ac Cadaver;
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  • history of its creation;
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