This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Indian Maid, From 'Endymion' that begins with:

O SORROW!
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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcddc ABeffe ABghhg ABeiiejje aaiXkijji Iiffdd Iiddi dXlldmmnnkknkmmk iigXffccX eEfXggiiEX eEfXeddooEX ffccccddhhii ddmmmm XmggcchhddhnnXpp jjXeen aafeefXmmijji
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,9,9,6,5,16,9,10,11,12,6,16,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 1111 11001010101 111010 101110 10011010101 110 1111 1101000101 110111 110101 1111010111 110 1111 1101000101 111101 100100 1111001101 110 1111 1100010001 110111 110101 1111011101 1101010 1101110 1001110111 110 11010 1101010101 11010 11110 1011001111 11010 1110 1110110111 0111110101 1101000111 1111011111 1111 1001010101 1111 0111110101 11010110001 1011001001 1111 0111110101 1111100111 1101010001 0001110101 110101 0101011101 0101010101 110101 1001010111 1011110111 11010101010 1111010 1111110101 11011101010 1100010101 1101010111 1100010 0101011101 1001010101 110010 1101010110 0111110011 110101 1111100101 1001011101 10010 1111010111 1101110111 1111110100 1111010 1101010101 1100 1011001101 1101110101 110101110 111100 1111010111 1101110111 1111110111 110111 1111111101 1111111101 1110 1111010101 1101011101 110101110 111100 1011110111 1111010101 1001010101 110100 101100111 0101111001 1101010101 1001110101 1101010001 0101110101 0101110111 111111 1011011101 01011100101 0111000101 1111010001 0101110111 110101 1110010110 100111 1110110111 1010101 1101010101 110001 0101110101 1011010101 1100010101 110101 0111011101 00110111001 1101011101 0101001101 100101 1111111101 110 10010 01010011001 101111 1001110 0101011101 1110 1010 1111111111 11011 1011 1101011111 1011 1111 1101001101 11010 1010 011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 145
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so, and, i, ye, bacchus, left, wine, with, thee are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, a, she are repeated.

    The author used the same words o, beneath, 'whence at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her, sorrow, thee, one 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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