This is an analysis of the poem Absalom And Achitophel that begins with:

In pious times, e'er Priest-craft did begin,
Before Polygamy was made a sin; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXbccbbddddbbaXcceeaaffgghhbbXbeeXXiibXcchhggggeXbbggjjkkcXbbccaXaXXcggbbllgggggg iickkddccbbbbiiembbggnnhhXXbbXgllXXbbggbXggnneejjhhbbdXccgghXaaee cXcchheeemeccXbccggaaemccnXniiggllaaooXahhaabbkkbbhheehhgghhggcXXXggbbaXccbbemgg meppbbooXihhiiaaggcceec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 84,65,80,73,70,3,101,66,26,61,52,16,25,88,6,97,19,6,87,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 391
  • Amount of lines: 1031
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, his, and, their, of, in, for, to, or, my, your, with, some, thy, him, but, so are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, of, their, the, his, or, he, how, so, to are repeated.

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