This is an analysis of the poem Hermann And Dorothea - V. Polyhymnia that begins with:

THE COSMOPOLITE.
BUT the Three, as before, were still sitting and talking together,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbacdeaabcfgghfhhadicdhjbXikfflcfdlgl kcailafcccfbccX dX ajakfidaXlfbbmacmjkcbkX iabhXjafaX iamXmlidcgXifigiefX hclaakcanaX adheabdmkbXli dkdndfobdopdkdpgndd ccocfXdkddaaloc gdiXacigchlmcmadX occdiXgcfc XiXfcahdmfaX gXfcofdibachidfXbkaikgX ddflaljdkXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,38,15,2,23,10,19,11,13,19,15,17,10,12,23,18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000 1011010110110010 001101001110010 1010101010101 1010011110010010 10101010010010 111011111010010 10011010111111110 10111010111011110 1110111010110110 10110110010111010 101001011110010 11010001100010110 1011010111110110 1111011010010010 1110101110110 1001101110011010 10110011100110010 1111010010010010 11101001010010 101010010010010 110100101010010 111001111010010 101011011111010 1001001010010010 10111010110110 10101011110110 1001001111011100 11010111010010110 1101001010110011 10010110011011110 11111111110010 00111010010011010 10010010110110010 0101101001110010 101001010010110 1010110010011010 11111111010110 1011011111011010 1111110010111010 101111111010010 101111011110010 1011010010110010 101100111111110 1101011010111010 11011110010110010 101101111010010 1011111001111010 011111011111011 011101011111010 1111010111010110 1111111011011010 11100001011010 10111011110010110 1011001110110111 1010110111110010 1010110110010010 1011110111010010 100100110010010 101001011010111 01010010010011011 1011000010011010 10111111010010 101010011111110 10011110010110110 11010110001110010 0101011011011010 11111010110010101 1101001110111010 111001011111111 1001011110011010 1110101011010 101001010111111 1001101001010011 11101011010010 1111101010010010 101010010010010 1101000111001011 101000010010010 101010010111010 001001010010010 10101101010010 1010111010010010 11111000010110 101011011011110 101001010011110 1110111110110 1001001011111110 111101111011100 1110101010010 111011110100110 111001111010101 111001110011110 1110010110001011 1101001001110010 101000010010010 10110010011010011 10010011010110010 100110010110011011 11110101110010 1011001111010010 1111001010010010 100101101010010 10110101110010110 1101101110011110 111001001010010 111001011011110 1001101111011000 101010110010010 1000111111010010 11011011111110 101101001110110 10100001011010 100101110010011 10010001010010110 111100001110010 111101011010111 11101011110010 1111001111110010 110100101010010 101001111010010 1101010110010110 1110010010010010 1101001011010110 101001110010110 1101011011010010 110111010001111 101001111010010 10100111010110 11101001011111 11101110100100 1001001101010010 1010010111010010 10011010010011010 101111110010111 10101011010111 1010101011010 11100111010010 101010011010010 1001011011011010 1101001010011010 1001011010010010 10101101110011 100101001110110 10110111010010 101010011011010 111001111001011 1010010110011111 11101101010101 111011010010110 10101011010010 1011001010111010 1110010011011010 110111011010010 10011010110010011 11100101111010 101001110011011 11010011100101010 10011011111010010 10101001011010 001001101111110 11111111100010 1001001001011110 11011101111111110 11010011110110010 1011111101010010 01010010111010010 1001001010011010 11010101011010 1010101110100 1001111011010010 1010011110010110 10101011100100 1110010010010010 10110010011010110 01110101010010 111110101110010 1111101101010101 1110010111110010 101010110011111 111101010110110 101011111010010 000111101110110 11110111110010 101011110010110 101011010010010 101001010110010 1011001010010010 101001010010010 1011101011011010 10010011010001101 101101010010110 101011110011010 100100101110010 1001001001010010 10010011110111 10110010111110010 1110011010010010 11111011010110010 101111010010010 11010111010010010 100101110010111 111011001110010 11110110110010010 1111110101111100 10101011010010 1001011110110110 1010101100010 101010001010010 101101110010010 1010110110010010 101100111010010 10111111110010 111011011011010 101111011010110 1011001110110010 10111101011010 1101100110010010 111110010111010110 1011011010011010 1001001011111010 111101010011010 111001110011010 1110101100010110 10111010011110010 101111110010011 1111110010010010 11010110011010110 10101010110110 100011010010011 11010010010010110 101111101110110 10011101111110 1101101001111110 111001011110110 111001110010110 101001001010010 100111010111011 101011010011001 111001010011010 100001001010010 11010010110111010 111001100010010 1101011110110010 1011010011110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 897
  • Average number of words per stanza: 162
  • Amount of lines: 245
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that, which, of, his, has, he, to, i, her, each, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ever, were, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word then 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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