This is an analysis of the poem Calling Lucasta From Her Retirement. Ode that begins with:

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From the dire monument of thy black roome,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX Xaaa Xbbb XXcc addd addd XXXX XbbX XbXb eeeeXaddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 00101000111 1111011110 1001010111 1 1010010101 010011101001 11010011001 1 0111110101 1111011101 1111111110 1 0111010101 111101011 1001110111 1 1011010101 1011101111 1111011111 1 1111111101 1111010111 1101101101 1 110110101 010011010101 1111011001 1 1110011001 1111100101 01111100100 1 0100110111 1101011110 1111101101 1 110111011 111111010 1101011101 1 1011010111 1101110101 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and is repeated.

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