This is an analysis of the poem Louvain 19 that begins with:

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But from that blood, those ashes there arose ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabab cdX c Xd ededXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,1,2,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1011110101 11110100101 1011010011 1000010101 0100110101 111010101101 01001001110 1 1111100010 1 01011101011 01001110111 11001000001 1100110101 1000010111 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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 is repeated.

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