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

I now mean to be serious;--it is time,
Since laughter now-a-days is deem'd too serious. ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abababaa Xcdcdccc efefefgg dhdhdhbb igigigff aXagagjj fXXjfjhX bhbhbhdd cfcfcfff kXklklfm nananagX fXfdfdXb oXoaoacc gdgXgdoX hfhfbfhh hehehecc hohoXodd bXbfbfkX jfjfXfcc dadadajj fjfjfXgX mmXmmmpp chchchgg Xjbjbjmm hXXbhboo gbgbgbhh mgmgngf ofjfofXf cccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 111
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 886
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; of, and, his, in, he, its, now, by, to, ah, miss, there, duke, or, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i'll, the, and, of, his, he, which, or, to, a, perhaps, as, but, there, with are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, but, the, i, there 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 thee, it are repeated).

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