This is an analysis of the poem Don Juan: Canto The First that begins with:
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I want a hero: an uncommon want, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcXcdXefefefXX XbfbfbgX hijXjikX clclclcX XigigicX cmcmcmjX amamamjX dgdgdgnX chXhchfX okokokoX gpgpgpoX qXqnqXhX ggXkgkia
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 1101010101 110011111011 11010010001 01010101011 0111111101 1111110111 1111100101 10010111010 1001010011 11011001101 1010111101 1111111101 1011110111 1000110100011 1111001100 010001001100 1010100100 111010111 0111010111 1101010101 10101101001 0100010101 0100010011 111101001100 1011100101 1110110101 1110010010 10110100100 0101011100 1101010101 01010110110 01010101110 11010011011 1101010011 00111111011 1111110101 11100101011 1111000011 11110101111 11111111110 110101101010 10100010111 11110110011 1101110101 1101010101 0101001101 10110101110 110101010100 10010010111 11000100010 0101000101 011100101010 1111110001 110111110010 1001101110 11000100110 111010100 01001111010 0111010111 01011101110 1100010111 01010101010 10010101010 111101011000 1110010101 0101010101 011000101 1111010111 1101110101 0101010011 111101000100 11010101001000 1101110001 1111010101 11001001111 11111100101 1001010001 1101011101 1101010011 01010100010 0101010101 0100010101 0110111111 0101110011 1101110001 1111010101 011111001001 111100000100 0101110101 111000101 1101011111 1101011101 1101011111 1101100101 1101100010010 1100100110000 1101010101 11111101010 0101010111 01010111110 0101010001 11010001110 1111010101 010100010100 11110101001 0100110110 11111101110 1111010100 1111011111 00110101111 0101111101 10111101111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 405
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 120
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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, of, to, in, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, to, thou are repeated.
The author used the same words if, thou 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 word/phrase i connects the lines.
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