This is an analysis of the poem Sacred Gipsy Carol - Epilogue that begins with:

DEVOTION.
Where shall Devotion find her fitting food?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcdcd eaeafg fXahahiXiX bdbdjXXX klklbgbX mjmjaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,10,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010 1101010101 111011010010 10001011101 1111010001 1111010101 1111010101 0101001101 0101010101 1101110101 010100001 1101001101 1101010111 1111010101 1011010101 1100101101 010011101100 1111010101 1111111111 1101011101 1111111101 0111001100 11000101001 0101001101 1101010101 1110110101 01001111101 1101011111 0011011101 1111011111 1111010101 1101110111 1111110101 10111101010 1110011111 01111111010 1100011101 1111010101 1111111101 11110100011 11111001010 1101101111 1101110101 1101010101 1111011111 01010101110 1101011101 01110101010 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • 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; her's is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her's, the, and 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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