This is an analysis of the poem The Widow Of Crescentius : Part Ii. that begins with:

Hast thou a scene that is not spread
With records of thy glory fled?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaeeffffgghhiejjbbjjgbhgkkaaffi hillkk hmhhffnnkkcc XliihmjjaakknnaahmaagXXkbjjffXfff llaaaahm ffXjhhkkaannghiXieeaaj hj bbkkiikkeebbhmaagghhkkii aaffnnggggaa llffeejjffXfllkkaakkhhbboollkkkklliillaakkiihhkk kkffoobbkkggpphmllhhjjhXjjeennkk eeXahm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,6,12,33,8,22,2,24,12,48,32,14,17,4,9,6,12,3,4,9,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011 00101101 01001111 01010011 01011101 1101001001 11010101 101110111 111101111 111101001 11110111 11111111 11111101 01010100 11001111 11110101 110110111 10010100 11010101 110011101 11 1 11101 110110111 11110111 11010111 11111101 11110101 11111111 11 1 10101 11100111 01110101 11110101 11011101 11110101 111010001 11011011 1 1010001 11111101 01110100 01111101 11010101 01110101 10110100 110100101 0010010101 11100101 10110101 111101110 001001010 01011101 11110101 11011001 010010101 11100101 101010111 01010101 010001001 01111111 01110100 10110101 01000101 01110001 11100011 11011110 100100101 110101010 111101010 01010101 01010101 11110001 11110100 11110101 11000101 01110101 01100111 1011011100 11011001 01011101 11011101 10010111 01110111 11011101 10010101 011100101 11110001 1111001001 11010101 01010111 10111101 01111101 11110101 11010101 11010101 01010100 11010101 11110101 010100010 01110111 11011111 11010001 01010111 01110101 10111101 11011111 0100010010 1010011010010 101 1 10101 110011001 11010101 11111101 1111001 010111001 11010101 110111001 1 1010101 10100101 110010101 11010101 010011101 11010111 0010010001 01010101 1101001001 10111101 110101001 101101001 11010101 10110101 10010100 110010111 11010101 10111101 11010100 11111101 10110111 11001110 11110101 110010011 11011101 11010111 111000101 11110101 01010001 110011110 110100110 10110011 11010101 11110101 01011101 11110111 11010001 01010101 110100101 01111101 01110101 11010101 100110101 11010101 010101001 01010101 01010001 1001111000 10110001 01010101 11010101 11110101 01010001 01110101 10111101 11111101 010000101 11110101 010101001 011100101 01111101 11000101 110110101 110010001 110100101 110011101 11010101 01010101 10110001 01010101 01000100 11010111 10010101 110100101 01001101 110100101 10111101 10010101 01000101 01001101 11010101 11110001 11011101 11001011 110111001 01110101 11010101 11010101 00110011 1100100101 010101001 01010101 010010101 11011101 1010101001 11010101 01110101 11011101 11010101 01110101 10010100 101110010 111101010 01000101 110101011 01010101 11111101 11011101 10111000 110100101 111100101 10110101 110101001 100101010 0101010010 110100101 11011101 01111101 110100111 110101100 001100001 110000101 01010100 010100101 10010101 10111111 110100101 11010101 01110101 111101001 110010101 11110101 11010111 100101001 01011101 110100101 10010101 010010101 01011111 11111111 01010101 11110101 111101110 11011110 11110101 11110101 100011111 11111101 1 11001001 111100111 01110101 101110101 00110101 110101001 11010111 01001101 11010101 010010101 1011001 11 11000111 01010101 111100111 11 1 10101 11111111 010100101 01111101 01100101 111101100 11111101 01010101 01010111 10001101 01011101 110010110 11110101 1 1010111 11111100 110111001 11110001 11010111 1111001001 1 11000101 01010101 01010101 01010101 11010100 1100010 11011111 010001010 01011101 101100001 0101001001 11000101 11011101 01011111 10011111 010110101 01110010 10011101 11010111 110111110 11110101 01011101 01010111 10011101 11110101 11111101 011101110 01010111 11010001 11011101 10110111 10110101 110111101 01010111 01010011 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 593
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 345
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, his, ye, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, and, his are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Widow Of Crescentius : Part Ii.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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