This is an analysis of the poem Epilogue To The Breakfast-Table Series that begins with:

AUTOCRAT-PROFESSOR-POET
AT A BOOKSTORE... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b X bbccccdd eeffgggg eeaaeehh iiddjjkk ffffcccX llffaacc kkaaddbb aacchhff eeaaaakk ffhhmmdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1011 101001 01011101 01110101 01010101 01010111 01010111 11010101 11010101 11011111 11010101 01000111 110010101 01010001 10010101 11010111 11011101 110101101 11110111 11010101 01010101 01010101 010010101 111010111 010101010 1111101110 11110001 01010101 11110111 01010101 10111111 11000101 11000110 01011001 11100111 11111001 01010101 11010101 100010111 01110101 100010101 110101010 10010111 01011101 11000101 11011101 11000101 11110111 11110101 11010101 11110001 11010111 11010111 01010111 11001101 11010101 11010001 011100111 10011101 11010101 11011101 11010101 111101010 1101001010 11010001 01010111 11110111 11110011 101100101 011100001 11110101 1101001001 11010111 11011101 11011101 01010111 111111010 111101010 11111111 11111101 11011101 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • 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; i, and, where, its, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, i, and, where are repeated.

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

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