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

THE ARGUMENT
The Knight and Squire, in hot dispute,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aaaabb aaaXccaaaXddXeffeebbddgXhhii jjiiXkccggXkcciiddllXaikggkXXlikaXmmnn XaaaXaiiXliikkddbbdcXccciXagXgbbaaggiillggnnaaaaaannooiiiimmmmXliikkddggdciippaalldchhiiaaaaaaaaddmm llqqnnaaiiccbXcdggllaXaalliimmqXbXllXreeffppdddcaaoollXdggrrhhbbnnbbmenneeaXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,28,38,100,92,130,6,8,6,32,10,20,2,4,24,40,44,80,30,18,40,96,40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1339
  • Average number of words per stanza: 245
  • Amount of lines: 895
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, their, to, in, that, swore, for, of, as, her, it, may, thy, his, you, but, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, some, to, their, as, in, if, but, they, a, when, for, of are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, 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 it, for are repeated).

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