This is an analysis of the poem The Four Monarchyes, The Assyrian Being The First, Beginning Under Nimrod, 131. Years After The Floo that begins with:

When time was young, & World in Infancy,
Man did not proudly strive for Soveraignty:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaccXXddddeeffggddXeeaaffhhidjjXXiiXeeddiiiiXddijjkkeeiillhhddXeejjXXeeggeeddidXmllnneeggiXcceeeeiieekkioiXddbbXgiiffpXffddddiippeXbbeeqqbbddXiiiieeffddgXkkeeiiffbbidggiiiiXfiiXXXXfiiiiXXiiddXedXiipphhbbiiiidXddiiXhqqfjrriibbiieXffiiddddXejjXaeebajjjjgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 613,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 25125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 4464
  • Amount of lines: 613
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; he, to, his, her, and, as, with, their, of, or, on, belshazzar, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words this, her, the, sardanapalas, his, belosus, or, senacherib, on, ben, to are repeated.

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

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