This is an analysis of the poem Epistle To Augusta that begins with:

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My sister! my sweet sister! if a name... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbcda Xefefefgg XcfcfcfXh Xiaiaiajj aaiaiaicc akgkgkgee Xefefefaa XegegXlii Xheheheda fmgmgmggg amamamdaa Xcacacaee Xhbhbhbgg Xagalagda XbnbnXnii Xecececee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1101110001 1011000101 1011011111 1111000101 1110011101 0101111101 1111101100 0101110101 1 0101011101 0001001100 1101110111 1101010101 0110110111 0101010101 01111100101 1111111111 1 0101000110 0101001101 0101011101 1101110101 0111111101 1100010101 1101001101 0101001101 1 1011110101 1111010101 1111011111 0101101101 1111110101 1101011101 1111110101 0101111101 1 10110001101 1111111111 1111100101 0110010111 1011010101 1011111101 0100110101 10101111101 1 0101000101 0111010101 11110100001 0101011101 11000110101 1011011101 1110110111 0101000101 1 1111111111 01011111011 1101010111 1111110101 1101011111 1101010011 11011011111 1101011111 1 1101111101 0111010001 00110001001 11010011101 10010011000 11111111010 1011011101 10011011101 1 1111101111 0101110101 0101111101 1101001101 1101011111 1110010111 1111010100 1011001101 1 1001101111 1011110111 1001111101 0101000101 11011011001 1111111101 1111111111 01111010101 1 0101011111 0101011001 0010010101 0100010001 0101010101 1101100100 1111011110 1101110111 1 1101110101 1111111111 1111011110 010010010111 1111010101 1101011110 0101111111 1111011111 1 0101011101 1001110101 1111101011 1111111101 1011011001 1011100101 1101011101 0101011101 1 1101001101 0101110011 11111111001 1001110110 1010110101 0101011101 0111110100 0101011111 1 1101011001 1110110111 1101010101 0101001111 1100111110 1101011101 1010111101 1101000101 1 1111110011 1111011101 10111110111 1011110101 0001010101 0101000101 1101111111 0111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, that, i, of, her, to, had, with, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, i, to, of are repeated.

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