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

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abXbabXX cdcdcdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1110011101 0101010111 1001010100 1110111011 1111110100 1001010111 0111110011 11111101000 11011101010 01110111010 111101011110 1010101001110 11110101110 10111101010 01110011010 11010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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.

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