This is an analysis of the poem Archduchess Anne that begins with:

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In middle age an evil thing... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc X dede X fgfg X dhdh a eiei a jeje X cece X eeeX X kckc j lmlm a ngXg X dcdc X opop X qgqg X eded X adad X eeee X nXnX X Xeae X gege X pmpX X eeee X eeee X lala X dgdg a gjgd X nrnr X ieie X gpgp a eded a enen X jeje X Xdhd X egXg j cccX a hbhb X c
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 01011101 011001 11110101 010101 1 11011111 100101 11110111 010101 1 11011101 100101 010100111 111101 1 011011001 1101010 11011101 0101010 1 10010101 110011 11011111 101101 1 01011111 110101 11011101 010101 1 110000111 110101 11000101 110111 1 11011101 110011 11010111 1101100 1 11010101 100101 11011101 111001 1 11110101 110101 11010101 010101 1 110101001 010101 11011101 110111 1 11110101 111101 11010101 110101 1 11111101 111101 11010101 110101 1 110011101 010001 01010111 010111 1 11010111 010111 01011101 011101 1 11010101 110101 11000101 110001 1 1000101101 110101 11000101 110101 1 11110101 011101 11110111 111101 1 11010100 110101 11110111 010111 1 01010101 100101 010101101 110101 1 11110101 110101 01110101 110101 1 01111101 010111 11110101 110101 1 01100111 111101 01011011 010101 1 11010111 111101 01100101 011111 1 11011101 110111 11010101 110111 11 10011101 110111 01010101 010001 1 11010101 110101 11110101 0010101 1 01111101 1010101 11100101 111111 1 01111101 110001 11011101 110111 1 01011101 101101 01110111 010101 1 01010101 010111 11010101 110110 1 11110111 011101 11110101 010001 1 11010111 110001 11011110 010011 1 010101001 1100101 110101100 010101 1 01010101 010001 11010111 010100 1 110100010 111111 1101001010 011101 1 11010101 111101 01110101 110101 1 10010101 0110011 01000101 100101 1 11000111 100111 110101001 100101 1 01010111 100111 11000100 010101 1 01010111 110111 01001111 110111 1 111000001 010101 11110101 001101 1 01010001 111101 11011101 111101 1 11001111 101101 11010101 011101 1 10110101 010111 11110001 010111 1 11110101 101101 11101101 100101 1 01010101 010101 10110111 110101 1 10010011 110010 01010001 1101010 1 11110101 110011 01111001 101101 1 11111111 011101 01100101 110001 1 11010101 001101 01100101 111101 11 11010101 101101 01010111 010111 1 10011101 011101 01010111 011101 1 11010111 110101 11111111 100101 1 11111111 010101 11010111 010101 1 111101110 010101 11011101 011101 1 11010100 111101 11001101 1101010 1 01110111 101101 01110101 110101 1 11011101 010111 11010111 110111 1 011100101 111011 11000111 110101 1 11010011 010101 11011101 110101 1 11010101 111101 11011111 111001 1 10010101 010101 11010101 111111 1 11010101 111001 11011101 110101 1 010110111 010101 10011101 111011 1 01111101 010100 11011101 111111 1 01110101 110111 10010101 100111 1 11010101 111101 11110011 111101 1 01010111 010101 01010111 111101 1 11010111 010111 11010101 010101 1 01110111 111101 01001111 010011 1 010101100 010001 11111101 010101 1 11101100 100001 11010101 011111 1 01011001 111101 01011101 111101 1 10010111 001101 01011111 101111 1 010100101 010101 01010001 110101 1 11010101 010101 11011111 010101 1 11010101 110101 11011111 011101 1 11110111 010101 10010111 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 158
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 64
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 395
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, his, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, too, his, her, she, that, our, if, the, great are repeated.

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