This is an analysis of the poem The Troubadour. Canto 1 that begins with:

CALL to mind your loveliest dream,--
When your sleep is lull'd by a mountain stream,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdddXccee bbccffgghhddiiaaiieebXcchhXaiiiiccXcjcjcffkkccbbllbbff llhhcckkmmhhmmXeee ffbbbbaaihhhiidaca ccbbbXkkffhlhlkkiibbcXneffllccbcbcaakkbbiieebbmm oollhhhhnnllllbbhhii ffhhff ppjjlljjhhXfhhqqeehhcceehh hhddhhbbffeeiihh hhkkkk bbkkeejjfrhhbb ffcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,54,18,18,48,20,6,26,16,6,14,4,46,6,6,6,29,12,4,33,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,16,10,8,6,12,14,6,6,10,8,10,4,12,28,16,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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101010101 111111 1111111001 1101101 1010110101 111111 11001101010 010101 111110101 110111 01011101 111001 01100111 0111101 01111001 001010101 111110111 0100110100 1101101101 1100101101 11101101 1010111101 1111111101 010011111 11011100 110111001 010100101 100100101 11110110 01011101 10011111 111001001 01010001 11010001 110010111 11010101 01110101 01010101 11110101 01010101 110111001 11111101 110100101 01011101 11011101 01010101 11111101 11011100 11110111 10110111 11010101 01010100 11110101 11111101 101100101 11011101 11011101 01011101 11011001 01010011 01011001 01011101 11110100 01000100 01010101 11000111 11010111 11010101 110010111 11011111 11111101 11100101 01010111 11101101 01010101 11110011 11111101 101001001 11110101 11010111 01010111 011100100 11010111 110101001 11010101 11000111 110001001 11011101 11011101 11110001 010101001 111100111 00110011 010111001 00010111 10010101 11100101 11010101 10110001 00111101 010011101 10010101 01010101 10111101 11011101 110100001 11110101 01010101 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  • Amount of stanzas: 51
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 445
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 627
  • 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; your, of, its, and, pride, his, it, lord, on, her, in, so, to, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, its, the, and, but, he, then, she are repeated.

    The author used the same words but, and, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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