This is an analysis of the poem For Catherine: Juana, Infanta Of Navarre that begins with:

Ferdinand was systematic when
he drove his daughter mad....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cdeXfXga dc bcXhiicf jie Xj chiXb hj XieXi ce dgbXdXbccga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,2,8,3,2,5,2,5,2,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110101 110101 001000101 1110 11011101 1101001 01010010 1011010 1001010 1001010 0101100 010111 10001010 101101 0101010 1110011 1111010 010110010 11010 101001 1100101 10111010 001000101 010110101 11001011 110111 111111 11101110 1111 001000111 1011111 1111 1111010100 101111110 110101 0101000 111101110 110101011 10101001 1011010 010110 111111 010101001 11001100 1110101111 1101101 00101001 00110110 0101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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