This is an analysis of the poem Amours De Voyage, Canto Ii that begins with:

Is it illusion? or does there a spirit from perfecter ages,
Here, even yet, amid loss, change, and corruption abide? ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdeecXfgc h ibcjckecbXeebieegjX h iceecfjedeldgghccX h jmkkgnjaiaoXXdn h gXjddcaefgpajeekbbXidceceohcXpoc h dmgjaXdfmabocdejmXqbgajXooebXgahpbacojjlaeXoXgaeod h egXngnegegXXXXace h aecXodbehnaeagkakacafXbeXlkaiodeXbbjgcXejXobabkeidnaapc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,19,1,18,1,15,1,32,1,50,1,17,1,55,1,1,13,5,1,15,1,14,1,10,1,8,1,8,1,27,1,9,1,8,1,5,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 38
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 590
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 384
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, to, him, brings, i, nor, who, it, you, of, himself, he, one, should, be, for, empty, we, victory, has, air, with, that, by, honour, love, think, so, me, let, from, my, her, fault, not, 'tisn't, knowledge, she, go, thee are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words e'en, i, he, she, dreamt, sooner, am, empty, so, mary, honour, is, 'tis, every are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines and, him, so, knowledge, us, ', thee are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases hardly, empty, knowledge, it, go connect the lines.

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