This is an analysis of the poem Cymon And Iphigenia. From Boccace that begins with:

Old as I am, for lady's love unfit,
The power of beauty I remember yet,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbcccXcaaddaabbee bbcfgghhddcciiXhcchhhaajjaa kkghhcchhhhh kkhhiiaa Xallhhaakk Xmmnnaa hhhhhhhaaaacckXkhfff ffaaoocXbb aaaakkbbhhmm aahhoohhbbhhggcckpffffkkkaaaa bbhhaahhccggaammm kkhh oobbXbcc ffaaaagg Xhhhkkhh bbddaa pphhhh aahhhhffkk mmlhhaapphhhhdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,27,12,8,10,7,20,10,12,29,17,4,8,8,8,6,6,10,17,9,10,8,18,15,16,27,17,11,8,14,10,6,7,9,14,5,14,12,9,16,19,12,4,9,12,3,9,8,12,8,8,7,30,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 54
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 521
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 634
  • 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; nor, his, to, he, by, her, fanning, wind, and, in, love, or, for, of, more, she, they, you, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, the, love, nor, to, his, 'the, and, in, 'they, 'all are repeated.

    The author used the same word the 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.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases inspired, love connect the lines.

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