This is an analysis of the poem Threnodia Augustalis: A Funeral Pindaric Poem, Sacred To The Happy Memory Of King Charles Ii. that begins with:

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Thus long my grief has kept me dumb: ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbdccdeaafegghhhhhhiiiiijjjjkkkgg XjbjbjlhilhhhgmmgggddijjinXnalalimmiimcchch Xejjejbebhchceeehjhjhihieegghhjjjhhjjobhbh XhhXXXoojjhhhpphhmggmaggaaagaccceeggddjjdd ahhXhhkkooggXheeejjjggaafmmdmdmmggmgm ahgghqhhmmmpp Xjjeebllebejjjjjjggeehheeeihhhmi Xja
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,43,42,42,37,13,32,42,13,36,20,19,36,31,18,20,27,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 11111111 1101000101 11011101 101101000101 1101110101 1100010101 111101 110101 110101101 1100111 1011001101 1111011100 1011010101 01011101 1101011101 1100010111 0111011101 01010111 001010101101 110100101 110111 1101011101 01011101 11010111001 0101 11010101 01010101 0101110001 10110001 110101001 1001010101 1101 110111011000101 1111010111 110101110111 1 01010101 110111 11010001 100101 01001011101 1011001 110101 010100 010111 1001011111 11111111 10111001 110110010101 1101011101 11010010001 10010111 1101000101 1101011101 11000110001 1101110101 0101011001 0101101 1111000101 110001 0101010111 01010101 110101010101 11010101 0110111 01010101 110101 0101010111 0101010101 01001101 110101100101 0101100101 11110111 1100011101 010101101101 010100001 1111010111 110111 1 1101000101 1100001 101010111 1100010101 111001010001 101010001 11110111 111101010001 10010101 10010101 11010101 010101 110001001001 110101111101 11111101 1101010111 0101011101 01010111 0101000101 010010001 011 11010101101 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11110101 1100101010 11000101 11010101 1010110101 101101011100 011110110 10110100 1111011101 110100 001111 0101110100 01000101 01010101 001011010111 01000101 110000101 10110101 1011010001 11010011 1101010101 11010111001001 1101011101 110010001 11000101 1101010100 1111010101 1111110101 1101010011 1011010110 1101010001 1 0111001101 111101 11110111 1111000101 01110111 11011101 11010101110101 01011101 01000101 0101010111 01010111 0100010101 01110111 110000111 1101010101 11011111 0101010101 10110101 0101010101 1 0101010001 1100010111 01010101 010101 110100100101 1101110101 11100001 10010111011 010101110 110101010101 01010001 1111110 0111010101 11001001 11010101 110101001 110010101 1101100111101 1 110111101 0101010001 01010001001 01010111001 11000101 1100011001 010010101 0101001110101 011111010101 10111000101 11010111 01011111 11010101 11011101111 11101111 10011111 110101111101 1101110101 0100010101 1111100001 11001101 1101110101 11010101 11011100101 11000101 1111010111 11010101 0111001 11011101 010101 11010101 1101000101 1101010101 01111101 101011010101 1 11010101 1100101 1011110011 11010101 0101010001 011101001 11010001 1111010101 01010100 10010101 1111111001 11010011 111101 111101001011 1111010001 100101010100 0111010101 111100101 11010101 11010101 100111101 010100010100 11100111 1111010101 11011101 100010001 11110101 0111011101 1100110001 010111010101 1 0111010101 01110111 1111110101 10010010111 1111011101 11010101111101 110111001 10111110101 1101000101 1101000101 0111 010011101 01101101 01001000111 0110010111 010110 0111110101 1 1101110101 10010101 101001101 0101111111 10111101 1010010101 11110101 0011010111 1101010010 11011101001001 11000101010001 1011010011 10001001101 10010101 0101010101 0110010111 10011001 11011001 010001010101 1 11010101 0101000101 10010101 01010101 1101000101 11010101 01010101 101100101 11100111010101 110001001 11110101 001010101 0101010101 110100100101 1101001111 110111011101 11110101 110101001 10110101 11010001 0101000101 01110110100 1101000101 01011010111 0101011011 01010011001001 1 1111001110001 110100101 0111010001 110101010100 110101010001 10010101 11110010 10110100001 1001001101 10010100 0101010001 1001010101 110001111101 1110010111 00101010100 1101110101 01101001001 01000100 010001010101 011001001 010010101 0101010001 11000101 001010101001 011100010101 10010101 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 196
  • Amount of lines: 535
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, his, so, and, he, which, that, peace, for, all, freedom, thy, their, of, live, our, best, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, all, the, which, nor, that, for, freedom, not, his, or, so, live, a, with, thus, no are repeated.

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

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