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

Pearl of delight that a prince doth please
To grace in gold enclosed so clear, ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababababbcXc Xdedefedeecec Xghghghghhchc XghghghghhXXc XgcgcgcgcXccc Xiiiiiiiiicic Xgjgjgjgjjcjc XbklkbklkkcXc Xcgcgcgcggcgc XmcmcXcmccccc Xahahahahhbhb Xigigigiggbgb Xbgbgbgbggbgb Xacaciciccbcb XgggXgggggbgb XakakakakkgXg XXccccXcccgcg XkhkhXhkhhghg XXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,12,13,13,4,8,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,12,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
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  • Amount of stanzas: 102
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 1311
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; so, that, my, and, of, in, more, i, her, at, to, you, must, we, his, or, have, they, from, who, he, us, no, on, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words so, with, as, my, the, for, her, you, that, your, and, ever, no, this, to, of, on, a, twelve, in are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same words spot, wonderment, more, arrayed, ', bliss, place, enow, right, jerusalem, less, john, moon, delight 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 word/phrase on connects the lines.

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