This is an analysis of the poem Hudibras: Part 2 - Canto I that begins with:

THE ARGUMENT
The Knight by damnable Magician,... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,30,14,32,38,8,18,12,8,22,28,6,18,32,16,6,8,8,34,4,36,8,24,4,24,8,34,18,22,10,10,12,30,82,4,8,10,18,19,13,4,18,14,153,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 46
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 717
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 933
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; their, one, for, and, as, she, in, his, he, to, you, have, my, of, that, your, or, her, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, his, but, as, that, why, your, or, was are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us, it, hearts, for, post are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase wedlock connects the lines.

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