This is an analysis of the poem Don Juan: Canto The Sixteenth that begins with:

The antique Persians taught three useful things,
To draw the bow, to ride, and speak the truth. ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abababcc dXdadaee feXefeaX dgdgdgaf hghghgiX gdgdgdjj jajajagg ejejejee idididjj dkdkdkXg gXgcgcjj djdjdXjj ekekeXXl cjcjmjaa jnjnjojj pjpjpjgg kbkbkbjj dededeqq rararall XfififfX jjjjjjii djXjdjcX mfmfmfjj agagagdd jajalabb cfXacasX tjtjtjdd jejejeff ddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 130
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 1038
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; they, this, or, like, and, of, to, in, as, he, his, with, had, grace, ', for, seen, that, she, on, some, since, i, their, not, her, but, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, or, i, his, as, to, some, he, and, a, how are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, he, there, but 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 ', it are repeated).

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

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

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