This is an analysis of the poem Cadet Grey - Canto I that begins with:

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Act first, scene first. A study. Of a kind... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcbbbbb X dedeXdddd X fgfgfhghh X ijijiaiaX a bbbbbbbXb a hkhXhhhhh X dhdhdhdhX X aaaaXhahh X lalalgXgg j bXbkbbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1111010001 1110110011 1111110101 0101010101 1101010101 0111010101 1111001101 1101000101 1001101111 1 11110101001 0110000101 1101100101 1101011101 0101001110 0111001101 0111010101 11110100011 11001001101 1 1101110101 0110010101 1011011101 0111011101 1101110101 1111000111 1101010101 1111011111 0101010100 1 1011110111 1001001111 1111011101 01111101001 1111011011 0101100111 1111000111 0101011111 0101010101 1 1111011111 1011011101 1101011101 1101110101 1101111101 0101010011 1111010101 10011101010 11011010111 1 1110111111 11100010111 0101111011 1011011010 01001110111 1101110101 1101010101 0101011101 110001110111 1 1111010101 1101010111 11110000101 1101010101 1001110011 1101011001 11010110001 0100010111 1001011101 1 0100110111 1101010111 1111010101 11001010001 10011100100 1001001101 1101010101 01001101101 1111111100 1 1101111101 1101001111 0011010011 1101010011 01011111 1111011101 1101011111 11001010101 1101110111 1 00100010101 1101011110 1101010111 1101110101 0101001101 010111110010 0101011101 010110011010 01111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, in, that, he, his, and are repeated.

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

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