This is an analysis of the poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt. Canto I. that begins with:

To Ianthe:
Not in those climes where I have late been straying,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbccdcddebebbfbff ghghhchcc Xgfggcgcc ceceeiXjj e gklkllhlhh XkekeegeXg Xmgmggmgmm XhghaglXll ghnhfnenee gegeXaogoo XlllllhlXh XcocooloXl XjijiiiXii nehehhlhll gfefXehehh Xomommemee XgbabbebeX ioiogegE fkfklele plplgbgX gcgchqhq ahgXcgcg hlXXrdrd ldlXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,18,9,9,9,1,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 119
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 371
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 1094
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, nor, he, his, ye, welcome, what, as, to, that, or, ne, thee, their, three, of, her, i, how, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and, my, nor, he, or, our, what, the, ne, their, three, here, a, her, who, match, not, his, so, look, then, when are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases fame, away connect the lines.

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