This is an analysis of the poem Tennants Anster Fair that begins with:
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbaaccXbcc ddeeee X fcfcgdggdghchc X ggeeXaijgggaX X kkahahblblededdddd a aammccddccnnbbnana a oogjgjbkbknene X ekEkjaaadidibbhhggddffaannaa X ddkkcchihibbb X kakaEeajnnkkaX o gcgcalalkkeepdpdlneebebebqbqbb a ffbhbhmmkkcc X ddddncnc X hhbbqqddXXhhnnaa X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,6,1,14,1,13,1,18,1,18,1,14,1,28,1,13,1,14,1,30,1,12,1,8,1,16,1,22,1,22,1,10,1,8,1,16,1,16,1,11,1,16,1,8,1,16,1,14,6,1,16,1,27,1,18,1,12,1,16,1,18,1,16,1,36,1,14,1,21,1,10,1,24,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 80
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 677
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, his, had, her, of, thou, thy, he, has, in, on, some, with, to, him, as, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, they, and, he, through, some, so, to, long, we'll, as are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word tree at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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