This is an analysis of the poem The Monk that begins with:

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In Nino's chamber not a sound intrudes... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXXcbcdd X ecececee X fgfXfgaa X hbhbhbeX a bbbbbbee a ibibiXee X djdjdjcc X kekekebb X fhfhfhll c bXbebXXb a iiiiiiXc X bmbmbagX X mimiaiff X ffffffkX X cececell X fjfjfjff X eXebebff X afafafgg X elelelff X nhnhXhlX X eoeoeoff X ieieiell X hhhhhhcc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 0101010101 01010100100 1101010111 1111001101 1111010101 0101010101 1111110101 10110100101 1 11011010111 1101011101 1101010101 010101001 10001110101 11011101001 1111010111 11001110111 1 1111110111 0111111101 11010111001 01011011100 11110011101 01001110101 1111111101 0011011101 1 1101011111 1101110111 0101110101 0101110111 1101010001 01011100101 1111111101 1111011110 1 1101111101 1101110111 0101111101 0111001101 1011110101 010111111 11010000101 0101110101 1 1101111101 0101111101 010011100101 11001010111 11001011111 1101101101 0101100101 1111110101 1 1101011101 1101011111 1101110101 1101011101 1101011111 0101010101 1101011101 1101010111 1 0111010111 011010101 1111010111 0111010111 1101011101 1101010101 11110101001 101001101 1 1111111101 0111010101 0111010001 1101011111 1101000011 1001000111 1010011111 0111010101 1 0101111101 0101001110 0111100111 01001010001 1001010111 110101011 1101101111 1101000101 1 1111010101 0111011111 1111010111 0101000101 1100010101 1011011101 100110101001 0100110101 1 1111010101 1011010100 1101100111 110001100 1101110101 1111011101 0101110101 0011111111 1 0101111100 1111110101 1101111100 10011010101 111110110 11011010101 1101110101 1111111101 1 1001110101 1001110101 1111111101 0101010111 0101110111 1111111001 0101011101 11011101110 1 1101001101 1111110111 0101000101 1111011101 0101110111 0101000111 1111010111 1111111101 1 110101001011 11001010111 1101110111 0111111101 1111011101 1101011101 1111010101 0101110101 1 11011111111 101100011 1101010101 1101010101 1101001101 1101000111 1111111001 1101010111 1 1111110101 1111110111 1111010101 1001010111 01110101010 01010101011 11110100101 0111000101 1 1101010111 1101010111 11010100111 1111110101 1101010101 0101101101 110111101 1111110101 1 1101010111 0101010001 0101010101 1100011101 1111010111 1001110001 1101011101 1101011101 1 1101001111 1111000101 11001010101 11001110111 1111010101 1101110101 1111010111 0101010101 1 11111100101 1100100101 1011110111 0101110001 11110101001 1111111111 1101010111 1101111111 1 11010111111 1001010101 01010101001 0111110111 1101010111 1111110001 1101110111 0111110111 1 1111110111 1111010101 1111001101 1011010111 0111011101 0101111101 1101110101 1111111000 1 1111011111 0100010101 0101110111 0101000101 1111010101 1111111101 11010010111 01101000111 1 1111011111 1101010111 1101110111 1011010111 0101110001 1101010110 1111001101 011101001 1 1111011111 100100011 1101010101 1111000101 1101111101 1101110101 1101101101 1101110011 1 11011101001 1111010011 1111010111 0111010101 1111010101 1111000101 1111111101 1101010101 1 1011110111 1011001101 1111110101 1011101101 0111010101 1111110101 0011110110 1111110001 1 1101010111 0101011111 1101110101 0101110110 0111010001 1111010101 0101111111 0100111101 1 1011000101 1101010101 0101100101 1101101011 1101011001 1101000101 1101011111 1011010101 1 1111110101 1101110111 1111010111 1011000101 11111010101 1101010111 1111110101 1111111111 1 0111011101 1101011101 1101111011 0111001111 1111110101 1001011101 1101110101 11011010101 1 1101010111 11011111110 1111010111 0101100101 11010011111 0101011100 1101010001 0101111111 1 1101010111 010100101 1101111111 1101010111 1011110111 111010101 1101111111 1101011111 1 1101110111 01001010101 1101111000 10010101001 0101111101 0101110111 1101010001 1111000101 1 1101111101 0101111011 11011110001 0101111101 1111110101 0101010111 1101110101 1111000101 1 1101010111 0111000101 1101010101 110100011 01101111101 1001010111 1001110101 1111010101 1 1101110101 1111111101 1101111100 1111111101 1111110100 1101110101 1101011111 11101000111 1 1100010101 0101110001 1111110111 1101110101 1101001011 11001111101 1101110111 1101010111 1 1101010101 11010100001 1111110111 0101010101 0101010111 1001011101 1101111101 1111011110 1 1111010101 1101010101 1111010111 1101001101 0101011111 0101001101 1101110101 1111111111 1 1111110111 1111111101 1101011110 1111010101 10011100111 1101111111 1011111000 1101001001 1 1101111111 1111010101 1101110101 1101110111 11010011111 1001110111 1101111101 11111111110 1 1111010011 1101011100 1110011101 0101110101 1111110101 1101010101 1101110101 111100001 1 1101010001 0101010110 0101010101 10110100 1001010101 0101010100 1001110111 0011111111 1 1101110101 11010100111 1101011001 0101111101 0111001111 1111010111 0101000101 0101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 94
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 423
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; sweet, and, his, with, thee, your, that, her, he, to, she, so are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, a, her, and, one, so are repeated.

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