This is an analysis of the poem Tamerlane that begins with:
Kind solace in a dying hour!
Such, father, is not (now) my theme-... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaccbaacccc dbdbcccceebbff ggXchici jiijkk fdfdXhlkmnmnhl iiiiokokcc acagcagkdd ffnniidcddc pcpcdddddd aiaiee dedededehh ppcchchcfd fdebbe cdccdbgbXnX cceeeX ieielchchc cclhcciiaa XiiicccchXlX ccccnniiqq hhXhddccddcchh ccbbqqccccff kgkgccgggXphkpkhlqqppe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,14,8,6,14,10,10,11,10,6,10,10,6,11,6,10,10,12,10,14,12,32,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110001010 11001111 101101110 01111001 010111000 11110111 1101110010 0011000010 01111111 010100101 11111111 11010101 110100010 10011001 110110010 110010001 01010111 01010011 10011001 11111101 110110110 111011010 001010111 00010001 10010001 01110001 11111011 010101111 11111000 110111010 10010001 010000101 101101110 01000101 11011111 01001011 10110111 1101011 11000111 11001101 110101101 11010101 01100101 10110001 011111010 01011101 01000100 10110101 110001110 01010111 111101110 11110101 11011101 01010100 01110111 100010101 10111111 01111111 10011101 01000101 10011101 0100001001 01010101 0100101001 110011010 11010011 111111010 10110001 11011111 101111110 10011001 11010101 101110101 01010101 11110101 010000101 11110101 01110001 11000111 111110101 11010101 11010101 010011111 01001101 010001 11110011 11010011 11110101 11001101 111100111 00110101 11010101 11010101 10110101 100100111 110111010 10010101 110101010 11010111 111101001 111101001 11110001 11111111 10110101 11010101 11110101 11110101 11110101 11010101 00111101 11110101 11110001 11010011 11010101 01010011 11110101 01110001 0010101 01010101 11110001 11000111 11010101 111011001 10011101 11100001 11010101 1101111001 11010111 01010111 01001101 01011111 11011101 11110101 01010001 11110101 01010101 0010100101 110101000 11010101 00110111 0100110010 01110101 010110010 11000101 110001011 11000011 11110101 01010001 11011100 01010011 01101101 10010101 11111100 10010001 11110011 11010101 10111100 11010101 11010101 10010011 11000101 11010101 010100010 011101010 11111100 01110101 01110001 11000101 01010111 11110101 10010101 110100001 11010101 10010101 1010100100 010011 110111010 110111010 11000111 01010101 110011001 11010100 010110101 01001101 11001101 11111101 1101011011 11011001 01001100 11010101 11110101 11010001 01111101 01000101 11010101 11010101 0010010101 011101011 10010111 11000101 1101011 11010001 01010101 011010001 11110011 01010101 11100101 11000101 11110101 11110111 111101101 001110101 11111111 11111101 11010101 11111111 01100111 011111001 11011101 110101101 010010101 10110101 11111111 01000101 11010001 11010101 11011101 11010100 11011101 010100101 11100101 11000101 11010101 00101100 00110001 1101011110 0101001010 111111001 01000101 11010101 01010101 11011111 001001101
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 423
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 243
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; i, of, my, and, her, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, to are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases then, love connect the lines.
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- summary of Tamerlane;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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