This is an analysis of the poem London, Hast Thou Accursed Me that begins with:

London, hast thou accused me
Of breach of laws, the root of strife?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcdcdadaeaXeeececfcfaXagegegehghghggegeiXiiiihXhXhjijiXiahXhghg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011 01010101 01110101 110111001 110010111 01110111 10110101 11010101 01111101 11011001 1011011 11010001 01010101 11011101 010011101 11111110 01101111 01010001 01100101 01110011 01000101 11110101 11010101 11011111 01010101 01011111 01111110 11110101 11011001 11011111 11011001 11101101 01110001 11011101 0100101101 1101101 01111111 01011111 011100001 11011101 10011111 01011101 01010111 11011111 11101111 1011110 10010011 110010101 11011101 0111101 11010111 11111111 11001101 01010101 11011101 110111110 010111101 011111010 01011111 010111000 10101101 11101101 10011101 1101110100 11110101 110100111 1111101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2395
  • Average number of words per stanza: 444
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • 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; of, that are repeated.

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

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