This is an analysis of the poem Carmen Seculare For The Year 1800 that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcddeebb XdfdfbbaaggdX XfXXdggaaaahhii Xddffddffeehh adbdbggjjkhaa aeejjbbllmm XibbifXddff XbddXnnddee Xgaagggaoddggddbbddnnffff ieeeppffccddddee ahhmmaoffiidd Xhhbbffeee XddhheeddaannjXqqmmhh XhpphXfXfiiffggeelldddd Xbqbqggffhhggeffe XbddbXeii Xdjdjbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,13,15,13,13,11,11,11,25,16,13,10,21,23,17,9,15,21,19,11,15,27,9,9,23,15,11,15,22,13,17,13,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01010101 11101101 10110101 011001 10010101 110111001 01010101 011101001 110010101001 1101010010101 1 1101010101 1010111001001 1101000111 1101011101 01011101 100110001 11010101 10010101 10010101 11000111 01001010101 100101110110 1 100100111001 0100011101 10010111010 1101001101 110010101 01000111 11011001 11010101 11011101 01010001 11000101 10011101 1011010101 110101110101 1 10010101 1110101 011100101 01010111 01010101 01010101 11110101 11010101 1101011001 010101001 1101010101 0101001010101 1 01011101 0101010101 11010101 01000101 11010001 01011101 100110101 010101001 110111010 0101000101 10010100101 10010010101001 1 11110101 11010101 11010101 11110101 110010111 110010101 11011101 01010101 1101011101 010101110101 1 11000101 11010101001 11000101 11010101 11010101 01010101 100101001 11010101 10110010101 110101110101 1 11010101 11010101 110100101 11010101001 100010101 111100101 00101110101 1011000011 00111100101 110101010101 1 101100101 111101 11010101001 11001010101 110100101 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0101011101 01011101 110101100101 1 11011101001 10011010101 1101110101 10010101 11110101 0101000111 11010100010 1100101001010 1010010101 010010010101 10010101 1101000101 110001001 01001010101 1011001 100101011101 1 1101010101 011010101 010101001 01010001 100101100 1101011101 1001010101 110101010101 1 0101001001 11110101 10010101 100101010101 01010101 1100111101 01000101 010101001 1100101001 11010101 01011100111 11010010101 01000101001 101101011101 1 010111010 1001000101 110101010 01010001 11010101 1101001 11010101 01010101 110111001 1001010101 10001001 10010001 11010001 01010101 11010101 11010101 10110101 11010101 1011010101 100101010101 1 11101001 1010101 10100111 1011010111 11011101 1101001 01001001 1011010101 110101010 11101001010 11010101001 01011101 010010101 11111101 10010101 110111010 11010101 0101010100111 1 11001010001 1011010101 1101010101 1101000101 1011010001 1101110101 1001010111 10010010101 0101001111 011101110101 1 11001001 1000101 10011001 1010101 1000101 110100 11010101 110000101 1010101 0111001101 01010101 1101000101 1111011001 110101010001 1 10011101 01010101001 11101011101 010001001 11000101 11010011 01011001 11100101 1001010101 11010101001 10010000101 0101010101 1101010101 1101110101 1100100101 1000101010001 10011001 1101110101 110011001 01000101 110111 10001010101 10010101010 10110001010 1111000101 1111011111001 1 10101010101 01011101 01010100001 01010101 1110010101 10101010101 01010101 1101101111101 1 11010010001 010001001 1011010101 1001010001 10010101001 1011000101 11001010101 101001110101 1 0100101101 11100110 11010101 01010101 11010101 1011110011 010010101 11110111001 11110010101 1011000101 11110101 0100010101 11010011 0101101001 100101010 010101110 11010101 10110100101 1011010101 110011010101 0011010101 110110111101 1 110101001001 11000101001 01010010111 11001011101 01010101 010010101 0101110110 1101010101 1101101010 11011111010 01011101 1001011101 1101110101 110101010111 1 01010101 100101001 10010101 01000101 1101110101 1101001110101 01010101 1101010101 1001010101 1100101110101 1 01011101 10010101 010100101001 11011100101 11010101 11010001 01010101 10010101 11001010001 10011101 10001010101 01010101010 1101010101 010101110101 1 1010101 1110101 10101001 1010000101 010101 10101010 10101110 1000101 1010101 10100101 1110101 1010101 00110100101 1010101 01010101 1010101 01010001101 1111010101 01001010101 1011001001 010111011101 1 01010101 010100101 01010101 110101 01010111 111101111001 110100101 01010101 11011001 01010101 1101010101 100101011001 1 100110101 01001010111 0101010101 1011010101 101000101 011111001 110101001 10010101 11010101 01010101 11011001 10010101 10111111001 00110100111 100100101 110101110001 1 100100101 11010101 11111001 01010101 1111010101 1110011101 1101000101 1011000101 10111100101 0101110111 10111101001 011101010101 1 1000101 11010100101 1111110101 1101000101 110010101001 010100101 110000100101 01001110101 101111001 10111111010001 1110101 11100101 1101011101 11001001001 110010101101 0101010101 11010010101 1011110001 110101001001 10011100111 11110010101 11001010111 0101010101 00100101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 586
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 514
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, of, on, ever, her, to, his, new, their, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, no, on, who, with, where, though, the, scenes are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase again connects the lines.

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