This is an analysis of the poem The Zenana that begins with:

WHAT is there that the world hath not
Gathered in yon enchanted spot?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcddee fXgg ddaagghhiiee jjbbkkbeceajajaaee kkeebbeeiibcllmmnf nfee jjllmkokddpp ee hhggffjjadadbb aaqqggddbc gXookk ddgghdhdbbkkrrkkkk bceekkaabbeeaaeheh aakkaappeeooeeeeff aa mgmgjj bckkbbgpbcjjiipg eeaaaajjggffooaabb aX eepphhagagjjdd ggeedededdssook
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,12,18,18,4,12,2,14,10,6,18,18,18,2,6,16,18,2,14,18,18,18,7,6,6,6,4,2,6,6,2,18,2,14,16,2,10,8,18,2,14,16,16,16,7,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,13,4,8,4,4,4,2,2,5,4,2,2,4,4,2,6,4,8,4,11,4,8,4,4,7,10,18,2,14,10,6,18,12,4,14,18,6,10,8,10,13,4,14,2,18,18,18,18,6,10,16,1
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
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  • Amount of stanzas: 117
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 367
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 1105
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, her, his, of, my, its, in, again, i, to, with, one, how, word, so, he, for, those, some, as, their, has, she, weep, by, wealth are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, there, which, that, it, the, again, with, and, they, where, her, when, for are repeated.

    The author used the same word 'the 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 ' is repeated).

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