This is an analysis of the poem Loraine that begins with:

This is the story of one man’s soul.
The paths are stony and passion is blind,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbabcc d eeffgghhhhffeeiiddjXggffeeddeecckklleebbkkmmffddeekkjXeenneejXjXoobbdd ccbbaajXeebbaaii kkddeejXiibbddffaaiiff cceekkjXhhiciiffcc jjXXjXddeebbbbccjjXXjXkkkkiii XjeenneeXieeffeebb bbffbbkKmmbb kkeekK dDD X aakkddjXeehhjjppkkeeffbbbbbbccbbjjiX eei
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,70,16,22,18,29,18,12,6,3,1,36,6,4,18,6,10,14,10,10,12,20,1,60,11,26,32,14,16,14,18,12,1,42,10,6,10,6,14,4,6,14,6,6,8,10,2,4,8,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 52
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 598
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 723
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, to, at, from, for, i, her, in, our, that, old, his, have, me, bid, come, she, had, what, my, can, be, hand, he, has, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, when, where, with, came, it, for, brought, to, but, bid, she, that, i, what, this, a, be are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word bendemeer at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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