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

On the small marble-paved platform
On the turret on the head of the tower,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcdefghifih edgcjdgkclbhcehembeaech ganadloXd bgephqrnhkneskonjldcqghgegeheXlfdeqaboeonddsdoXrhjhXncbdcgnedcjdkohtbcqXcnh gdhXgXqXldrbdeflgcoobdXegoXdclbtqbskfhoenugnqndpndgndbgXsdqjcobnkgeX hdrfdqav ecnegegXggaidechchhf dgbturbbvhedbvdbh hdd aBidebcnugq
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,23,9,75,68,8,20,17,3,66,30,33,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 10101010010 100110 1101100100 1100101011 1110111001011 101111110110 0111011111 11001011001 011011 11001010011 110001010 01101111010111 11 101011010010110 010101111110110 101001000110111100 10100100100 1001100010001001000101 10001010100 10010011110010100 0100010011010 1100110001101100010 11010 110101000101 001011001001 101000010001001 1000100101010010 11011101010 100010100 101001010111 11010101001010 1101001101001 111111100010 010010101001 110111011110 1011011110010 111010101101 011110101001 01001110111 0010010110100101 1101111111 1110101010110000 10011 111010 0101001101001 0110101101010 10001000111101 10010111010100 1011011110101 10111011111 00101 11001000111 1111011110 1100101101111101 010010010100 101111110111 01110100101110 11010100101111011 1111110 1011110010101010 1010000110 0110111011111 0011111101010 010101101101011 100101101001 111110100010 1110110001111011 010101111 101110101010110 010100101 110010011010100101 10011100110 001111010010100 0100 110010110101111 01011111010 10100101001011010 101101001 1101010101010111 1101001110010 10110101010001 110011010 1010010011011011 1110101101100 1011110101111 10100001001 1000101000110100 0101010110 1000110010101001 1010100101 0011101001111 1011111101 11011010001010 10010101111 11010111111011 10001010100 0101011111010100 10101010010 1010101001000011011 111011111 1111001101101 1001110001010 010111011101010 11101010 1001101100010 0001110010010010 10101001101 11110111001101010 11010010010111 11 0111001011011 111001011010 1010010101111000 101001001101 001111111101010 0101000101 110101110110101 001011 010110101110100111 111101001001011 10101001 1011001101011101 010110101 010011001101011 11101111001 0111111101111 1110001010110 0111110010100101 11100011 010001111111010 111010111 11010110110101 101011111001 11001001101011110010 11110010110101 1010101111 10101111001 111100100101010101 110111110 10011111100 11100 11111001011 10011011001 0101010111101001 01010010 11111101101111 1111111110 001011110111100 1101101001110 0111101110011111 110111101 0111001111010100 111110111010100 101001111110 111010100101111001 010011010 0110111000101011 1111110 111010101100101100 10101111 01001111111 10010111010010100100 01001111 1101111001011100 11100111 01101001011 1111111101010100 111010010110 0101111110 111011101001010011 10111111110 0101000101001010 01001101111 11010010010 110101011011011 1111011111111 0111 1110101011011100 1010110101010 1101101000111011 10100 1010101011111111 101011010 110110100101101010 1101101 1011011 1110111110 011011010111 0101001001110000101 101111 11101101010100111 01001101001 1100010101111101 110 1101111 01001010010 11001010000100 1100111110111 011101100101 01001001010011 10010100010101 10011011100 11010101001 1101101111 1010111010101101 0110101010111 01000010100101 01011011010010011 0100101010101 1101010110100 01100101010110 10010101011 11111001010 0100110010001 11011100 00101111101011 111011101010 111011101111 111010101101 10101001 00011010 10001010100110 0110111 111001100 00101010001010 11100100101110011 010010010101010 111101 111010110 0100101010010 01001010010100 1101100100010 100010101010110100 01011110010001 101011011 10101010010 0101101 101010100 11111010 101101011101010 001100101110010 110101101010 11001111101 00100011010110 0010110111001 111010011011110 100110111100101 101011011100110 1001010010100 1101011110111011 0010101110 111100110101101 1011111011 01010100101111010 01111001 111010110111111 01101001010110 101111111101001 001011100 1111101101101000 1110001010 1001100010101011 11011010111 11110011110111 111100111111 11101011011111 11010110111111 11111011110 11101011011010 111111110 10110101011111 01 111101011011 1001101010111 10 1111110111001 100110110110 111011011001110 1011010110 1101110010101101 010101010 11111010101010101 11111101 1111101101101 01011101111 0110111010111 11111 010111101101010 10101111 1011111011010 11101011 101111101111 111111110 011010010101110 101110011011011 100101001001001010 11101110 110101110110011 01110011110010 00101 0111011001 011101001 110101111010110 0111 10100010010011010 10101111 11100101000101010 11011001 111011100101110 100100100110 010101011101001 110011001 111101111011101 101111101 1101011001010111 100111010111111 10010101 1110100101111011 1110101111 011101111011110 1001010011 110011111110010 111110110 11010011111001111 01011101010 1111010111111 1110101111 01010010010001010 1011011110 11011011010 1001 101 110110111101110 011010011010 10100010100110011 101110111 1101001110110 01000110000101 0110101110101 1000010101111 0101010001 1011001110001001 100010010001010 0101101011111101 1101001010 01110011110101 10010 001100000111001 10010111100 11001110010100 10010111000111 11010011110101001 1000101010 1011001010011101 110100011001 101011011 10011010 1101101111011 110110101 10110101001100 1000111011001 1010010010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1389
  • Average number of words per stanza: 257
  • Amount of lines: 363
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, and, of, i, his, tension, you, to, can, my, for, that, have, he, ', or, wanted, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, and, i, he, walter, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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