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

HERMANN AND DOROTHEA.
So tow'rd the sun, now fast sinking to rest, the two walk'd together,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbcdXefbdghcihiX bihadchiaheaiajXXgX eehbciXhXXhciiX XdgahaklfiXhaihlbdX gkXbXjieXc ecbXbjhehelbXicjXh hhcikX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,17,19,15,19,10,18,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 1101111001011010 11101101110100 10011111010010 10100101010110 1010010110110110 1110011110101100 11101001110110 111001001110111 10101001010110 1001011110110010 10111110111110010 0011111011010 11010101110110 1011011001011010 1100011110010010 111111010010010 11111111110110 10011001110110 11011111110010 00111001010110 1111111001010110 1111001111110010 101011001110010 10011010111010110 1101001100110010 011100111010110 111001011010010 10101111110110 0101110100110010 11111001011011 10111010010010110 11110011110010110 111010010011010 10110101111010 1110010101010010 110101011010101 10010101010010 10100101111110 10111010110110 11101001110010 1001010110110010 1110010110011111 10010011001010110 101011010110010 00111010010010011 10010010010011010 001110111010010 111111111100111 1110111010010011 111111110111010 001001011010110 1111111011001 100101101110010 1101101110011110 1010010010111010 111101111011010 10101011110010 1001001011011111 111110011010011 111101101010011 101011111010010 1111010111011011 11100111110010 101011101100110 1111011010110010 11010110110011010 10100101111010 001001010010010 1011001010111110 0010010101011110 11110101110110 1011101111010101 111010010110010 101001011110110 11111111010010 100111101010111 11110101010110 101101001010010 100111010010011 10101110011011 101001001010010 111010110111010 111001010010011 1011011110011010 10101011011010 100100101101010000 111101011010010 1011010010111110 1110110011010011 111101111111110 100110101010010 1110010111011010 111011110111111 1101011011011010 101011010011010 11101010010010 1010101011100 100101001010010 110101111110011 1100010110010011 1010111100011011 1111011010110010 111001011110111 111010111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 817
  • Average number of words per stanza: 149
  • Amount of lines: 105
  • 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; now, and, of, my, to, i, all, she, he, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, 'that are repeated.

    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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