This is an analysis of the poem Threnodia Augustalis: Overture - Pastorale that begins with:

MAN SPEAKER.
FAST by that shore where Thames' translucent stream... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcbcddeeffegggghhggijji Xkkll AbeXegagalljjjX AeeeeggXhlXmgkgmekedfcX edfdf AccccccfefellhhnncX Xggcooc AfgfgkokohehehbhbcbcX Xhehe cBCb XcBCb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,5,15,23,5,19,7,21,5,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110 11111100101 01110101 1101010101 11010101001 1101001101 1101010001 11010111 01010101 110001010 110101010 0101010101 11001010101 01010101 11010101 11010001 00110110001 0101010111 0101010101 0101001101 11010101001 1111 01001 1111011111 10100010 11011101 110101101 11110101 1111110011 110 1001010101 11011101 1011010101 010011100101 11011111111 11110101010 1101111101 11110111010 11010101001 0111010111 11010111 01010101 01110101 1111010101 1010 010111001 01010111 1001010111 1111010101 11010101 01011101 11111110 110111 11110101 011100 11011101 110101 11010101 010111 11110111 001101 11011111 010001 11010111 11011101 11011111 01110111 11010 111100111 11011101 11011111 11010101 110 01010010101 110101001 10010100101 010100101 1101110001 110010101001 1001110 1010101 1101010 010101 110010101 01010101 11011001 11110101 1111011101 1001011011 1111001001 1111011101 1101101000 11010101 110101001 0111001 11110111 01110101 1100101 1010 010011010 1010101 0101011010 1010101 100111010 10011101 010101010 11010101 11001011111 11111111001 11101001001 11101001101 10110111011 01001111001 11001001111 11101011011 11011001011 111001001001 101101011101 10110111001 11010100 01001001001 11001101001 11101011001 11001111001 101001011001 110001001001 11101011101 10110111001 101010 101001001001 110001001001 11101011101 101001011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 459
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 133
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; ye, with, for, my, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, the, ye, and, every, i'll are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same words ', tomb at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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