This is an analysis of the poem M'Fingal - Canto Ii that begins with:

The Sun, who never stops to dine,
Two hours had pass'd the mid-way line,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccddeecXccXa XfgXcchh ffiijjaahh bbeekkaaggXhXdffaaccddlXmmhhaakkffnoeeffffbbaaeebbbXppccaajjddja aacX ggjjbXeeaakkjj jjqlggcg aaqqqlbblqbbkXhhgcffbbbbaarrssgcddqqkkXibXbbXXfbccffcceellgceemmccaahldd ggccllhtqqffXtaauuvvbbcgffcccc wwmmddgcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,8,10,64,4,14,8,72,30,18,12,22,36,36,74,22,52,24,32,6,48,50,6,20,22,30,66,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1066
  • Average number of words per stanza: 185
  • Amount of lines: 837
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, that, their, to, you, guy, as, in, of, lord, our, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, his, what, how, i, such, shall, for, we, who, each are repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 you, him are repeated).

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