This is an analysis of the poem Within And Without: Part Iii: A Dramatic Poem that begins with:

And weep not, though the Beautiful decay
Within thy heart, as daily in thine eyes;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcXd ef ghXg if g f jkjlX cmccknooXclbekkbcpbdgkakjcjjajkoaomdkhcdhmjjcaldcjqX ce blrcjgrchjciabjabcmisalgljasfmihigmcjagigcgejcamagaibjibnl ihccjbmaXgcejtahmb c Xcbqafocadacelanbbecjg i ucuc cacX bg g bjbtdmt X jbo X e X e X jtic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,2,4,2,1,1,5,52,2,58,18,1,22,1,4,4,2,1,7,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,3,1,2,1,2,2,1,9,9,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,5,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,3,1,6,1,1,1,7,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,7,1,2,1,2,1,17,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,5,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,7,1,3,1
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
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  • Amount of stanzas: 201
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 1374
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, i, of, and, ', heard, me, to, he, his, face, him, god, thou, my, her, as, she, that, father, away, come, sings, too, but, oime, than, you, so, down, it, their, in, all, o, one are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , and, in, i, his, he, with, thou, my, all, that, why, now, was, the, their, but, a, o, to are repeated.

    The author used the same words little, he 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 , and, sea, me, do, him are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words name, him, italy, oime, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases , me, do, another connect the lines.

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