This is an analysis of the poem Shakespeare And Cervantes that begins with:

Obit 23rd April 1616
Is it not strange that on this common date,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababaa cdcdeX fXfggg dhdhiiXaeaeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011101 0011110101 1100111011 0101010101 1111010101 1100010101 11111100101 1101000111 1011010101 1011010101 1011010101 1101001111 101110101100 0100100101 11010010001 1101011001 1101011101 1011010101 1111110101 1101101111 1011010001 0110010111 1001010111 0101010101 0101010001 1111010111 1101011011 010010001 1111110111 1111010101 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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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