This is an analysis of the poem The Book Of Annandale that begins with:
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Partly to think, more to be left alone, ... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcdcefcghaijkllmbcmiccfhfmekkbkXmbmggmnlbdbcaicldbldoppgmdgccpi mibchqfcmffcnfg bgbbjiXbglmargfgemaddbcffgclbgaml lbmchelgcblagcqafcbfmdXm ldkbabffbbmmgbmdglfbkbfhhc mmihiiiemmhmdbbcalmbgfm mmmXgmiimimeghsha fenmegfallmbfn X mflmqbkfmbnlmgmmdakgXbdmdnp
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,63,15,33,24,26,23,17,14,1,31,59,29,34,26,25,21,69,32,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1225
- Average number of words per stanza: 229
- Amount of lines: 544
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; to, that, not, doubt, him, he, no, there, his, for, had, it, and, out, of, nor, life, face, wondered, be, might, all, taste, nothing, under, she, free, why, held, they, true, woman, so, them, her, could, see, more, words, as, born are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, under, and, that, if, of, no, he, was, all, to are repeated.
The author used the same words but, yes, so at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines was, her, life, face, that, book, it, stayed, back, work, born are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases back, something connect the lines.
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