This is an analysis of the poem The Mirror Of Diana that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaabb cddcee fddfaa aggaff haahaa ijjihh effeii kllkaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10011110 11000101 1001001 010100101 01100101 11010011 111100101 11010001 01000101 01100101 10010001 10011101 11010101 11110001 01010101 010010101 01100100 111100111 010001001 11110001 011010001 01001011 01010101 11011111 010111001 11011101 010101010 010100101 11011100 01110101 11110100 11110001 011101010 110101010 011000001 11110001 00010101 11011101 01110100 11011101 11010011 101010011 1101111 10010101 11010011 11010101 110101001 10010001 01000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word white at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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