This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas To Augusta (Ii.) that begins with:

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Though the day of my destiny's over,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbccaca Xdedeeaea XcfcfaXaX Xagagaaaa aheheaaaa ahihidada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 1010110010 101011101 111010010 01111011 1110111010 01101001 1011110110 01011101 1 1110011010 01111001 111010010 01001101 1111110010 101101001 0110011010 00111101 1 1010111010 101011001 1111110010 01011001 1010010011 111111110 1110111011 101111100 1 110111011 11011101 111100011 11011011 110111011 11001101 110110011 11101101 1 1111011010 101001001 0111110010 11011001 1010110111 11111101 1111110011 01101101 1 0010011110 11111101 0111111110 01001001 0010010010 001111001 1010010110 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; they, not, though, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, though, and, in are repeated.

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

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