This is an analysis of the poem The Celebrated Woman - An Epistle By A Married Man that begins with:

Can I, my friend, with thee condole?--
Can I conceive the woes that try men,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacXaaccXX aaddeeffgbgb ffhXaXiiXXjjjcXXaahhjckdkX bbllbbllmm nnididhhfXhfhXooddddkX nnaaoojjgg ffaadkbbffXe ffppnnjjhhqqll ddhh hhaaii kXknfaXaooddpfXX ppbb aaXhnXjjaabhbXkeke jkjk aammkXbbjjjjkkXlaaddaagkgknnhXaaedXdXbbhhbgbgdbdblolo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,26,10,22,10,12,14,4,6,16,4,18,4,53,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 110101111 11010101 010001010 11110101 1101010100 11011111 01010111 01011101 11110101 110101010 100101011 11111001 01111101 11010101 11010111 11110111 11011111 100101110 1101011110 01110101 100110111 11110001 11110111 110101010 011111010 01011101 110010100100 011101010 11010100000 1111010100 11001000100 110111010 011111000 10010101 1010101101 011101110 1111100010 01010101 11010101 01011001 11100101 10111101 101110101 111001101 01110101 11010111 1101001010 111101001 1100110100 011111110 010101010 01011101 11110101 11111101 10010111 011100011 11011101 01010001 11111111 10010101 10110101 101111010 11011101 110101110 11010101 11011001 11110001 1001111100 10101010100 11111111 111101010 100010001 0011001100 10111101 11111011 110111010 111101010 11010101 11111101 11111101 1110101010 01010101 10010101 01010111 11011101 01010111 10111101 110101010 1001001110 11010101 10010101 110110010 1111010010 1011001010 010111110 11110011 01000101 10010111 01110101 11001110100100 101101010 10010011110 11110101 010110010 110101010 11110101 11110101 11010001 11011101 11011110 010101010 11111111 11010011 010100110 110101010 0110010101 01111101 01110101 01011101 01110111 01011111 11111101 101111101 01111101 11011101 110101010 110100010 011011111 1011010010 110101101 11011111 01111110 01010111 110010111 01010011 01010101 11110101 11110111 11110111 0100011110 110111010 010111000 11011010110 010101010 101101110 110100010 111101010 110101010 110101010 11010011010 1010000101 10010111 110101010 111101010 1001010010 110111010 11111010 110101001 01010101 11011111 10110101 11111101 011110010 11000101 010101010 11111111 01011111 11010101 110101001 110011111 11111101 11110011 11000101 11111100 1111000 01010101 0110101 10010101 100101001 11110001 01100111 11110101 011100111 01111110 1111101101 11101101 11010101 11010001 11111101 1111001010 010101010 11010101 01011101 010010001 01010100 11011111 11010101 11011010 11010101 11110100 110100101 11010101 01010101 01011101000 11111001 11110101 01010111 110101001 10010101 010101001 11010101 11011101 01100111 01110101 11110101 01010101 01010101 11010101 01110101 01010001 01010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 520
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 222
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, that, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words can, my, now, the, that, some, where, when, what are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase about connects the lines.

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