This is an analysis of the poem A Destiny that begins with:

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THERE was a lady, who had early wed ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcddX aeaeaaX fgfgddX hghggga igigffa jbjbccX jfjfaaX klklmmX nbnbnno ododXoa jhjhmmX XbXbggX jdjdggX lmlmnnX bnbnjmX gdgdppX hahaddX dgdgXdX hihiffX dbdbllX hohoddX loloooX hbhbggX ioioaaX hihiddX bqbqddX gbgbeeX bgbgccX adXdhhXXlglggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1101011101 1111110011 1111011111 1110111111 1111110101 1011110011 1 1111000100 10110101001 0111010101 0111010011 1111010011 1011000101 1 01010101101 11010000101 0101111101 1101010101 1001001001 0101010111 1 1101110111 0101111101 1111011111 1001001111 01110011001 10110110111 1 1101010101 0101000101 1111111100 1101000101 0111111111 0101000101 1 1101110101 1100111101 1101010101 11011101101 1111010011 1101110101 1 0101011111 0100100001 1111011101 0011110101 1101001111 0100011111 1 11010011101 0111111101 1101011011 1101011101 10011100110 10111101010 1 1111010101 1001011001 1001001101 1101010101 1101110011 1001110111 1 1101110101 1111010101 1001011101 1101111100 11010101100 1101110101 1 1111010101 0111011101 1101001101 1111111111 10111001010 11011100110 1 1111011101 1111110101 0011110101 1100010111 1001110111 10101011101 1 1101000101 11000111101 1101011101 10111100111 11011111011 1101010111 1 1111110111 01100101110 1101111101 11011101010 1111010101 1111000101 1 1101010101 11001011101 1101010101 10110100101 1011110111 1111111110 1 11110111101 110110001 0101011101 1111111101 01010101001 1111010101 1 1111111111 1101010101 11001110101 1111011101 0101010101 1011110101 1 1111010011 11011110101 1101011101 1011010001 11010010010 1101101101 1 1101011100 01001010101 1111000101 1101011100 1001010101 1111111101 1 1101101101 1101000111 1101010101 0111010101 1011010101 1101010101 1 1101010111 0101111101 0101011111 10010100101 1101010101 1011111111 1 0111010001 0101101100 1011000111 1101011101 1111001101 1101010001 1 1101011111 1111000101 1101010101 1100011101 1001010001 1111010101 1 1011101111 10110100111 1101001101 1011010111 10110100101 1111010101 1 1111110101 1001010011 0111011101 1101010111 1111011101 1101111111 1 10010100101 1101000101 1011010111 1111110111 11000101010 01010101110 1 1110111111 0111100101 1011110111 1111010011 1010000101 1111001111 1 11011100101 1100101111 1110011111 1111010101 1101110001 1111011101 1 11010101101 1111110101 11010110011 10010010111 1111010101 01001011101 1 1011010101 11100011101 11011110111 1110111101 1111100101 100100100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 210
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, and, her, his, in, so, of, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, the, and, that, so are repeated.

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

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