This is an analysis of the poem The Troubadour. Canto 4 that begins with:

IT was a wild and untrain'd bower,
Enough to screen from April shower,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbccddeeffddggccbbddee hhiieXggjj ffkkffllddmm hhdd ffiieeccXakk ddcchnee iihnffmmhh ccggaaddeejjffiiddoocc kkggffhn eeaaddbXkkccee hhbbddhXffeehhii ggddccpp aaffllddffffkkll eehheeffdd eeggXnkkooccggbbggccjjhnhhh ccmmffnh hhddllcchhccddeehXccccjj hhcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,10,12,4,12,8,10,22,8,14,16,8,16,10,27,8,24,10,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,12,4,18,16,12,17,20,16,16,4,10,24,16,4,10,39,4,10,14,1,96,10,12,52,36,30,6,37,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 66
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 452
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 862
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, to, could, her, of, so, on, he, such, had, in, that, for, she, his, it, their, i, my, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, and, he, the, we, an, her, they, of, my, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Troubadour. Canto 4;
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