This is an analysis of the poem Porphyrion that begins with:

Book I
``O from the dungeon of this flesh to break... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdeccfcghie fcj kkccclkjjmjcnnjnfcjkdccdci kenobjfgjfabpjefdXfcclceXddchXlokdcbnejnhffolfcacjccecfjqbrobjfjnecffahX dhjjfcnfqjndcecjnsfp ocjeseacecdcondeoachtncflonca dnbfX blX jrX lfnnhgnfahoehufndeecscadhepjolhnaohn qjeckfdX ojedbsljXfjeX oosfhjlhfpq
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,3,26,72,20,29,5,3,3,36,8,13,12,12,5,8,30,2,21,14,14,24,10,21,21,20,10,21,6,15,38,19,12,4,9,25,9,15,27,25,14,44,31,20,31,48,26,17,25,8,8,9,6,24,16,20,2,7,5,5,3,4,18,7,10,17,10,6,17,9,8,8,17,12,16,7,14,10,5,7,32,6,13,19,9,14,8,7,27,9,9,17,7,7,17,11,11,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 99
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 650
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 1528
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, he, his, him, of, thou, thy, i, to, that, my, her, here, one, in, land, as, at, she, from, nor, old, their, what, you, child are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he, of, my, the, so, a, that, from, to, what are repeated.

    The author used the same words then, so at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    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 she connects the lines.

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