This is an analysis of the poem Marmion: Canto Ii. - The Convent that begins with:

I.
The breeze, which swept away the smoke,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbbcddeffeccgaXghhhh X ddijjjifXfaaaaffaahhkkk X ccbbllaaggffmmggknhhhhhh X ffkkoXaaffggcchhoo a kkXhccccjjgg a jjaaffkkccggll X hhcccccggppqqaa X cXddaaffddXlffggkkkkkkllaa X llffaarrjjddff r ccjjlbblllddaaccffllhhnncX a eeccrkkdffgkkkgcccccc X ccgsaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,21,1,23,1,24,1,18,1,12,1,14,1,15,1,26,1,14,1,26,1,21,1,17,1,22,1,32,1,12,1,12,1,24,1,22,1,25,1,20,1,14,1,19,1,16,1,15,1,17,1,13,1,23,1,23,1,16,1,12,1,16,1,24,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01110101 110101 110101001 01011101 1100101 01110111 11011001 010111 10110101 10110101 010101 01011101 110100101 110101 01010101 11011100 100111 1101011001 11010101 01001101 01110101 1 11011101 11010111 111001 110111001 11001111 11010111 110001 11011101 01001000 110100111 111101 11010111 011111001 1100101 11110101 01010101 01111101 01000111 01011101 01111101 11110101 11111101 01010101 1 01010101 11010111 10111101 11011101 11111110 11111111 10010101 110100001 10011101 01010011 01010101 10010101 010010111 10010101 10100101 01011101 10110101 010101010 10010111 11010001 11010101 01001101 01010101 01000111 1 11010101 01110101 01110111 10110001 110100101 11010101 11000101 11010101 11011101 10111101 11010001 10010011 10110101 11001001 01001101 11010111 111000001 10100101 1 11110101 10111111 110101000 10110101 111000111 111110001 01010101 01110101 01111101 11010101 11011101 01011101 1 11010101 11010101 11110111 01011101 11011101 11010101 01110111 11110101 11111101 100111101 01010101 01000101 110101110 111101010 1 10110101 11110101 10111101 11010101 01011001 01010110 11010101 11000101 11010101 11001101 01010001 110001111 01010101 01111111 10010101 1 11010101 01001000 110110101 11010101 10010101 110010011 11010101 01010100 11011101 10011101 1101001000 100100101 11011111 00011101 10010101 11010101 11110101 010010111 11010111 110001001 1101100111 11010111 00111101 11010101 10011101 11010101 1 01010101 11000101 10011101 10010001 1110111001 01000111 110010101 011100101 10010101 10110101 01000101 01010001 01011111 11010001 1 01011101 01010111 11100111 110010111 110111 110101101 001011001 010101 10110101 110010101 11011101 010011001 11010101 10010111 11110001 111101001 11110001 10000101 11010110 11010111 11010101 110000101 110001010 010100110 110100101 110011100 1 11110101 01011101 10011101 11010101 1101001 110000101 11010101 010101 10010001 01110101 010101 10111101 01110111 11110111 110101 01000101 11000101 010101 010010111 10010101 110001 1 01110101 01010101 110101 110101100 01010111 110110001 010101 11010101 10111101 111010101 11011111 1101010 110110001 01010011 0111110 01011001 11110011 1 11010101 10111101 1100101 11110101 11110111 01110101 110111 11010111 110011101 11011101 11101101 01010101 010100 11010111 11000101 110101 01011101 11011101 11111101 110101011 110101001 11110001 1 10110101 01010101 01010101 11110111 11011111 01110101 101010111 01010101 100110111 11000111 11011101 11010101 110101 00110111 010011101 11110001 100101 11100101 11000101 10011101 01011100 110111 110101001 11010111 10010111 110101 11010101 01010101 111101 100100101 11010100 111101 1 11010001 101010111 110011 10011101 11011101 10110100 010101 11010001 11010101 110100101 10010101 11011000 1 11110111 01011100 11011101 01111101 11110101 11110101 110101 010010111 111111001 110101 10110101 01010001 1 110101101 110010101 100101001 10110111 01111111 101101 11010101 010001 11111111 01010111 011101001 010101 11010100 010111 11010101 010100111 11010101 11010101 11010100 10110101 110101 01010111 01000101 011111 1 11000101 000100010 110101 11010101 10111111 01110101 011101 10110100 01110101 01110101 00110111 011101010 11011111 01010001 01111111 010010101 01001101 11010101 01110101 10011101 11010101 01011101 1 11010100 01010101 11001101 01001101 110101 01111101 01011101 101101 01001101 11010101 01010101 11111101 110101 11010111 10111101 01001010 110111 11110111 110101101 01110101 11110101 110111 11010001 11001101 010100 1 01010101 11110111 11010111 01010101 01110101 01011111 011100111 110101 11010101 110101 1101001 01010101 110101 11010001 11010111 010111 10010011 10010100 10110001 11011101 1 110111001 11110101 00010101 011101001 01011101 10010100 11111111 11010011 11010111 10010100 11011111 11110101 10010111 11111111 1 01110101 11110101 11011101 01010111 11001001 111101010 010111010 11010101 01010001 101100101 11110101 11000111 01010111 01110111 11110111 01010101 11110101 10110101 10010101 1 11010111 110100101 11010111 11010111 11011101 11111101 01010111 01010101 11010101 11011100 11010101 10110001 01010101 01111101 11101001 11010101 1 11010001 11100111 100111010 00010101 110100101 11110001 011101 11010000 11010101 110100101 111101 00011101 10110101 11010111 11111111 1 11111101 010101 11011001 010101 11011101 10001001100 111001101 010111001 11010101 0010011001 11011111 11010101 110111 11010111 10010111 01011111 110001 1 11110101 01110001 111001 11010101 01010101 111101001 110101 11010111 11111101 110101 01010101 11011100 011111 1 11100111 11111101 100111 11111101 100101001 01110101 111101 11000101 11010101 11101111 01100101 11110111 11000001 11110101 11110111 11001101 01010110 110101011 11111101 10111101 11010101 01010111 11110111 1 1101010001 01010101 1101011 11101101 01011111 010101 1111 1111 11000111 110101 110101001 11010001 110001 111110101 100111001 1110101 11000111 10110111 010101 11011111 01010111 11010001 11011101 1 11110101 01010101 010101 11111101 110011011 010101 11010101 110000101 11011101 110111 01011101 11010101 11011101 0101010 11010101 110010111 1 11110101 11011101 10011111 11010100 11011101 01000101 110100101 11111101 11011110 11110101 11111111 00111111 1 11101101 11010101 01010111 11110011 111101001 11001101 010101001 01010101 01000101 11011001 11111111 11000111 110011111 100010101 110001100 10110111 1 11011101 10010101 01110101 11100001 01010111 01101100 110010100 010010111 01010101 11010101 110100101 01010101 11111111 110101110 100101010 1011101 10101010 011010101 01010111 110101 10001101 01011101 11110001 011100 1 01010101 11100101 11110101 11010001 1100101 01110111 11111111 11011101 11001001 1000101001 11010101 11010101 11100101 110011101 10010101 01010101 010100101 010010101 11110111 11110101 011111001 10110001 10010101 11110101 110010101 01111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 66
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 667
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, her, and, they, from, his, to, of, so, i, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to, and, suppose, a, how, i, he, their, her are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases there, vain connect the lines.

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