This is an analysis of the poem The Merchant Of Venice,: A Legend Of Italy that begins with:

I believe there are few
But have heard of a Jew, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabbcdbbeefaa XdXgggbXhXiiiii jjkkbbbddllkkk bbXbkkccXcXkXXddXmbXbbbnnjXccXdbbfXX jjXjoodXjnjjXjlaaccbbbaajX aaXaaaX lllljX aaiiddggbbjjdX anXdXppXeeXgjjjXX dXddddjjjjjXnjiiniiijjjjjdX iiiXdjXXffffffbXbb ccggaXXbbXbbbqqbbiijjbXiiiqq iiii kkdXXfeggdXXXgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,14,36,26,7,6,14,17,27,18,28,4,15,17,8,6,17,6,31,12,22,24,8,8,9,8,1,6,2,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 111001 11101011001 01001011011 101001011011 01011111011 100101011010 111110011010 11101101011 001111111001 00111001101 011101001001 110010100010 01011111001 111001001101 1110010111100 101011001011 1111010010010 01001 01011 10001001001 11101101111 01011011101 101001011011 11011111111 101001 001001 010001011111 111001101001 111101111001 1001111001 111101111101 11001001101 110001011111 101111101011 111001101101 101011111011 111011110110 111110110110 101001111101 11001111001 11011 11111 001011001001 10010110011011 011111111111 010110111100 110110111011 110010010011 0110101100111 01011 11001 01101011011 101001011001 1110101100110 010110111010 110101001110 101101011110 1111110011111 111010111011 010101111110 010010010111 01101 111101 0011010011101 1010101001011 101111101001 011110 110110 111110111011 110111011110 01111001011 00111001011 110110110010 010011110010 1111011111001 111011001011 01100100100100 111110111010 1011011111100 00100101101 001001011011 10111001011 111011111111 101101111001 101010101101 0101100101110 100111101100 100111000101 1110100100100 1010000101 01101101101 01101001010 01011011011 11111111001 101011011101 101011111101 11101001011 11011111001 111011 111111 111101011101 111111001011 11111001011 111111111111 111110111110 101001 11101 001111101011 101101111011 111101110011 100011111101 11011011101 001 101 011101 111101111001 1011110010011 1110010101011 11111111011 111111111111 11011101111 111101001111 11011110011 11101011011 111001011110 01101001001 11111100 111100 1111011111 10101111001 11011011001 011011011011 1111101111111 110010011110 110110111110 111011111111 11101111110 111111011011 111101011111 11111111011001 111101111011 10111111101101 111101011111 101101101001 11111 011111 11111111001 111111101001 0110111110010 11001110001 1010011011101 11111 011011 111001101001 1110010001001 11011101101 11111 101001 001011001101 1111111011 11001011101 110010111010 110011010011 01011 01001 1011111011010 101101110001 010001101011 010110101001 001011101101 101001111111 11011 001011 110100101101 10111011001 111011111001 11111 101001 111001111001 1100111101100 101101111110 11000010010110 1101010110 110110111110 1100101110010 010010010110 011010 111110 101011011110 010110010010 10101110011 011011111100 111111101101 111101001011 111101 0111 01111011111 111011001001 1011011011111 011010011010 110111010010 00001 111001 1011110010010 111111110010 11001111100110 110010010010 1001111100110 110110110110 101111011001 001001101101 1010011111010 1100101100110 111001011001 001101111101 1011111110111 110110101100 10001 001011 101011101 111000100110010 011111011110 100110 11111 01011001011 11001001011 010010011011 111111010011 010010110110 011110110110 011010011010 011010111110 110111111111 10011101001 101001101001 011011 111110 01011 1011010 110010110010 111010111010 111101101111 101011011001 101101011011 11001101101 1100110 010110 11111111011 11101001011 101011101001 101001001001 111111101111 01011011101 1010011110100 101111100100 1001101001 11001011001 101001001101 01001 001001 101101011001 101011101011 01001101001 001101101011 101011101111 011110001001 11001011011 11011101101 1111111110110 111011 111101 0111101111010 110110110110 101111 111001 110011011001 101011111011 11001 111101 1100100111110 101110100100 1111001001 111001011001 11101 111001 1010111111010 011111110010 01110110100100 110111101101 01011 1101 101001011101 101001111001 0100110011010 101100011100 1100101011 0101101001 11010111101 01101001111 11111101101 10111001111 111101111111 11011 1010001 010111001001 001001001101 101001011101 101011101101 111011101101 10001 111101 001101101001 01010001111 0010110110010 1110001110110 1011110 10100 01011001001 101001101011 110011011101 101101111001 11111001011 11001111011 11011101010 101001001011 1111111011010 11001001001 111001101001 00100111001 001011101001 101111101011 101001101001 1101111111 01011111101 01111011111 101111011011 11001011011 11111011011 10100111011 11101101001 101111111111 11011 111101 101001101011 11011011010010 11001 101101 101011010100 101011101001 01101101111 11001001101010 010011010010 01001001011 11101011001 11001001101 11001 101001 010110111010 1111100011110 010110111010 11001 11110 111011011101 1100011011110 011010010010 11111111011 01011001001 101001011001 111101101101 110100110001 001001011001 111101 101101 1111111111101 111001100101 1110110110010 011100111010 1110111 110111 11101111011 11101 001001 101011001101 1011011110010 10011 111001 101011111101 111001101001 111001001001 101001011001 100011110011 1110110110011 01111 101101 111011110001 001011010011 101001000101 101001110001 101001011001 01110100100100 1010011001111 1010110011100 111001 11001 010011001001 101001001001 1010101011101 1110010110001 101011001001 11110111001 101011101001 111111111010 11001001000 1011001011011 1010110111010 110011111011 11110110100100 10 001001 011001 011001101011 101011101001 010111010011 110110110100 011010010010 11011100010010 101011111001 01101111011 1010010010011 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  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 638
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 436
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, ', to, at, her, in, not, his, my, i, ma, you, such, all, as, one, on, he, their, him are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word that 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 at, mine, it, her, one, out are repeated).

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.

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