This is an analysis of the poem The Duellist - Book Ii that begins with:

Deep in the bosom of a wood,
Out of the road, a Temple stood:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccaaddaaaaeeccffaaaaggddhhaabbiiiibbbbeejjkkjjggllkkaahhmiaannbbiicbbbaannooaaggccggggppaajjaahhcchhbbaahhcchhaaaallaappiiaajjqrsshhaabbjjaahhiijjbbddaatXXgbbiissiissimaannaaaaaaeebbttimggaahhuuggggsshhjjimaaaassggiijjggaaaattggbbsshhaassnneejjjjssX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 294,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010001 10010101 10110111 01011101 11000101 10010111 110101110 011111010 11010001 10010101 11000101 100101001 10010101 01010101 010111001 11110011 010001011 11000101 110101010 111001010 11110101 11010001 01111101 01001101 10110101 11110011 10011001 10010101 10110001 11000101 11001101 00110100 01101101 01111001 10110101 11010001 10111101 10011101 11010101 10110001 100100101 101101001 11110101 11010101 01001101 111101001 11011001 11010101 10011101 11011101 001010101 11110101 11010101 01110101 11110111 11111111 10010101 10011111 01010011 11010011 10111101 11010011 01000100 10010111 11000101 11011101 11000111 100111001 11011101 11010101 11010101 10100101 1101001010 11011001 11111001 01110101 11110101 10010101 110100101 11011101 01010101 10100101 10110011 01010001 01011101 01010101 1100001010 001101010 10010101 01000101 11010101 11011101 01010111 01010101 10111101 01110101 01010101 10011101 11011111 11010001 110100101 110100001 111111010 010111010 10010101 11001111 11010011 11000101 10011101 11011101 11010101 1010101001 100111010 011101010 100010011 11011101 11010101 01110101 11010101 00111101 10010101 11111101 11010101 10010101 01110101 11011001 11010101 11111101 10011101 11010001 11111101 11011001 110100101 11000101 011100111 11010001 11010101 10100101 110001001 11001111 10010101 11110001 01010101 01011101 11110011 01001101 01110001 01011101 11010101 01001111 101100101 01010111 01010101 11011111 01010101 010101001 01111101 11111101 00110011 11101100 01010010 01001101 10110101 11010111 11010101 010011111 110101001 11010101 01011101 11010101 01011111 11010101 10011101 01010100 11010101 00110101 11011101 010111001 11110101 11010101 11111111 01010101 11110101 010001001 01011001 11010011 10111101 11010001 01011001 01010101 01010101 11010100 01010101 10110111 01011111 01011101 01001101 01010101 11010111 11011011 11010101 11011101 11000101 10110001 11001111 01011101 11010101 11000101 10110111 11010101 00010100 10010100 11011111 10010100 01010101 010100101 10010101 100010101 10111101 11010101 01010101 11110001 011100001 11010001 11010001 11011101 10110111 10010101 10110101 110000101 01011101 11110111 11010101 01110111 11011101 01010101 11010110 01010100 01010101 010101010 01010101 01010101 011101001 011000101 11010101 10010001 11111101 01110001 1101001001 01111101 10110101 11011101 01011101 01010101 01110110 11110101 01000101 01111111 11010101 11101101 110111101 10011101 10010111 11010001 01010111 10110101 11111111 11010101 01011111 10010101 10000101 11010101 11010111 01011101 110111001 01110101 11011111 011111001 11111001 10110101 00110101 11010111 10010101 01010101 10011111 10010101 11010101 11001101 111101101 10111001 11110101 01010101 110010101 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 10454
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1836
  • Amount of lines: 294
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, their, when, to, her, from, where, and, hence, so are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, who, her are repeated.

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  • summary of The Duellist - Book Ii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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