This is an analysis of the poem Tale Xvi that begins with:

THE CONFIDANT.
Anna was young and lovely--in her eye... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccdXeeccaaffaaddddddccdddXgghhffiiddddiiaajjb kkddllggddddbXiiaaddaaddaamXiXddggaabbllgghhcXnnnnaaaaooaalliiaaddaaggddffaaiiddoXddaaddooaXddddaaddf dllddddaaaabbddnnaaffddddaaaXa ffbbaaddddhhdXddc dnnaalXhhfXcccXX ddaaffaXh ppiiddaaaaddfhllccddnnddaag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,47,101,30,17,16,9,86,38,19,30,3,9,29,31,14,26,20,29,26,6,19,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1081
  • Average number of words per stanza: 196
  • Amount of lines: 613
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; her, she, must, he, and, they, to, on, who, in, ', i, for, again, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, who, her, some, she, in, again are repeated.

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

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