This is an analysis of the poem The Giaour that begins with:

A Fragment of a Turkish Tale
The tale which these disjointed fragments present, is founded upon circumstances now less common in the East than... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a a bbccdd eefffggbbeeehhaa ijaeeffddjjhhffkkhhhhjXllffllmmnnhhnnddnnaajj nnlleehhggjkk iffddmmnnhhhhooppjjjoo bbbjjbXbjleddeeehhppdddqqnnppnnjjllaajj hphhXnnpbbplXffffnngggXabb rrfXXgaahhff nnnnnnnffmXlllffjjdd kkffffhhssjjjjffffnnnnaagXaaddkkj llttp
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,6,16,45,13,22,39,26,12,20,33,43,11,64,12,10,14,34,16,34,46,18,12,18,53,35,20,14,34,24,40,11,34,51,33,21,34,57,70,32,61,26,39,62,10,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 46
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1060
  • Average number of words per stanza: 195
  • Amount of lines: 1371
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, to, in, which, and, by, many, so, not, that, thy, this, he, my, tonight, his, it, its, her, s, i, him, know, but, clasp, yet, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, and, so, the, no, without, a, tonight, nor, thus, her, i, yet, his, as, of, too, one, in, my, then are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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