This is an analysis of the poem Verses On The Death Of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D. that begins with:
As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew
From Nature, I believe 'em true:... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeX ff ddaaaacc bbggXX ccgg hhii ddbb eebbggjkggeecX hh bbee ddccbbll bbcc Xl hhddbbmmeebbddbbXjcceekkbb llbbgX ddbb ggiinX eX XebbeeeXiXcccXhhkk ggbbccbb jjcc fXbXggjXdXllbbggbX bXkX lleeddbX bb ggbbccggnX ooXdiibX ddXXddhh cchh Xjh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,2,8,6,4,4,4,14,2,4,8,4,2,26,6,4,6,2,18,8,4,18,4,8,2,10,8,8,4,10,6,18,38,18,8,12,20,16,16,20,8,8,8,16,4,20,20,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 49
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 345
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 518
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i, to, he, his, my, and, no, of, nor are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, he, his, i, that, for, what, to, as, nor are repeated.
The author used the same words now, 'he 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 'em, him, it 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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