This is an analysis of the poem To My Antenor that begins with:

My dear Antenor now give o're,
For my sake talk of Graves no more;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbccddddeeffbbggaaeegghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100111 11110111 101011001 10111101 10110110 11010111 10010101 10110111 11111101 01010101 11111100 01010101 11011101 010101101 01010101 11011101 11010101 11111001 11110101 01110111 11111101 11111100 11100100 11111111 111001101 0111000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 913
  • Average number of words per stanza: 175
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; as is repeated.

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