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

Hail, Muse! et cetera.--We left Juan sleeping,
Pillow'd upon a fair and happy breast,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abababcc cdcdcdee fgfgfgff chcXchii ijiXijXX fbkbkblX hhXhXhaa clXcXlmm nononopp ikikikgg pdppddXl bkbfbkqq bcbXbcaa oioioipp hchXhccc Xhihihdp dbdbdXcc XcXXXlff ckckckqq dididiff qjqjqjbb cfcfcfff iciciccX kfkfkfii pipipidd hihihiff iiiiiicc cacacXff aXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 128
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 985
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and, to, her, from, of, not, his, with, their, mistress, ', 'our, for, or, in, had, our, as, he, isles, greece, where, feeling, maria, ave are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, in, all, with, the, of, a, their, to, so, there, where, for, must, like, we, or, ave, whate'er are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, he, the, all, ave 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 her, greece, prayer are repeated).

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