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

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The livelong day Lord Marmion rode:...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccbbaaddeeffddXgXaaa X hhddXeiiidbbdjjcccii X eekkggggbbbaabiillbbb X iibbaaiiaaaXhhii a kbkbmmcnnc a bbbbbXggbiiicaaX X XXffgaaX X bbggmmooddapdXaX X bbbbggjjccddbbmmdd n j ihiHaqaX n qaXajmHmH n H a iXihcjcj n j rbrbihiH n H X bbcgcgnbnbXdccaX X nns
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,22,1,20,1,21,1,16,1,10,1,16,1,8,1,16,1,18,1,1,8,1,9,1,1,1,8,1,1,8,1,1,1,16,1,18,1,18,1,24,1,16,1,28,1,20,1,1,24,1,28,1,18,1,40,1,28,1,28,1,20,1,13,1,14,1,16,1,17,1,20,1,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0100111001 01010101 11110101 11010101 11110111 101100001 110011101 11010111 11010101 01110111 11010001 00110101 10010101 11010101 11010101 11010111 11010100 01110101 11010100 11010101 01010101 110101101 1 110100010 010110010 01010111 010101001 10010010 11001111 11010111 01011111 01110101 1100101 01011111 010101101 110101 10110101 01010111 11110001 110111001 110010101 10011001 110101001 1 11010101 10110111 11101101 01000101 110101 01111101 11000101 1100101 01010101 01010101 01110001 11001101 01000101 0100111 01010101 110101001 11010101 010010101 10110101 01010101 11001101 1 11010101 11011101 111100101 11000111 11010101 01000111 11011101 01010101 11010001 100111111 01011111 10011100 100101010 1100001010 11011101 0100100101 1 10010101 11000101 01110111 110101 111100101 11111111 110101 11111111 111101001 010101 1 11110001 11010101 11111101 11111101 111101 11110101 101101001 110100001 110101 110111011 11010111 1000100101 100101 11111101 10110111 011101 1 110010101 11111111 0101001001 11011101 110101 11011111 010100101 1101010 1 11110101 11010101 11110111 01010101 01110111 11010101 01110111 1100000111 110001001 11010001 100110000 10010100 10111101 11010100 11110111 010100100 1 01011101 01111111 11110101 10010101 11010101 11110101 11110101 10110101 11110111 10110101 11000101 11011101 11111011 11000101 01010101 110100101 11111001 01110101 1 1 110101 10110 001101 10110 111111 10110 1101001 10011 10 10101110010 110101 11110 110101 11110 111111 10110 100101 10110 10 1010110110 1 110101 10100 111101 10110 00110 111010 110110 010010 10 10101111010 0110101 100110 0110111 11010 111001 10110 101100 10110 10 1010110110 1 01010101 11011101 01111101 011101 110100111 110101 11010101 010101 11000101 010101 01111111 11101101 01010101 110110001 11110011 11001100 1 11010111 11011101 11111101 110100001 11011101 11010111 101110101 01010001 111100101 11001101 10111111 10110111 11010011 11010101 111010 11010101 010011111 110011 1 100110111 11010100 100111101 100010101 11100101 01010001 111100111 11011101 110001 11000101 11010101 110111 11011101 11110101 010101 01110101 11010111 011101 1 11110101 11010001 111100001 11010101 1100101001 10110111 11010101 110010101 01000111 11010101 11010101 11011001 011101001 11010101 01010111 11110101 11011101 10110111 011101001 11010101 11001111 01011111 10010111 00110100 1 01011101 11010101 1100101001 11110101 11110011 11010001 011001001 11010101 11010111 11010101 101111001 11010101 100010101 10010101 1101001001 11110001 1 10111111 11110110 10011001 110011101 11010101 01110001 11100011 10111101 110111010 011101010 11110101 11011101 11110101 01011101 01010101 01010111 11010101 10010111 11010101 01011101 1011011010 111101110 110100111 11010101 11111111 11011111 11111101 11010001 1 11010101 01010101 11010101 11110001 11010111 11001101 110010111 01010101 010101 11010101 01011101 111111 11010101 01010101 11010101 10110101 11010101 11010101 110010101 01011101 1 011 11111011 11010111 11101111 11011111 01110111 01010101 010101010 011101010 01110011 01000101 11111101 11110001 01011101 01010101 01010101 01010101 11010101 01111111 11111101 10110110 01110001 110010101 10111101 01010010 1 11110101 110000101 101110101 01010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 011001001 10011101 100110011 11010011 11010101 11010101 11010101 10010101 11011101 01010111 01110101 01011101 11110101 01010111 0101010 01010101 11110111 110010101 01110111 10011101 01010101 1 11000101 11110101 10111111 01110111 11010101 100110001 101101010 001001010 10010101 11011001 11110111 11010101 11011101 10110101 10011111 01010111 11010111 01011111 1 11010101 11010101 110111001 01000101 11110101 111100101 11110011 11110101 11010101 11010001 11000101 01010111 11110111 1101111 11011101 011100101 01010101 01010101 10011111 11110101 110011001 01010101 10111111 010100110 01010101 11110101 11010101 11011111 010111001 10010101 01010111 11111101 11110101 01011100 11111111 01111101 01111111 1001101011 01111001 111101110 1 11011101 01111101 01110101 11111101 11010101 01110101 01010111 01010111 01110101 110100111 110101001 11010001 01010101 11011101 010011010 111111010 01011111 10110101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01011101 11110011 01010001 010100101 01010101 11000101 110101001 1 11011111 11110101 10010111 01011111 10010001 11010101 11010101 01110001 01010101 01010101 011101001 11010101 010000101 01110101 11010111 11110001 110101001 1111010011 11101101 10010101 100010111 11111101 010101011 1000111010 11010101 01000101 1111101 11010101 1 11011101 10011101 11010101 00110001 011111 11011101 11101111 010011 110110001 11010101 110111 11010111 01010011 010111 110011101 00110101 111101 11110111 01011101 101101 1 01010101 11010101 11010111 1100101 101101001 010101010 110101 11010111 01010101 110010101 01011111 01010101 11010111 1 01110001 00111101 11011101 01000101 10111101 01110111 01110111 11010101 01010101 11011111 01111101 10110101 11010101 01010111 1 11011101 11110111 11011111 011111001 11111101 01010100 01110111 11010101 11111101 11110101 111101011 111101010 11010111 10010101 11010101 110010101 1 11001111 110101111 111111001 10010101 010101 010010101 010010101 11010101 11110101 11110101 01110101 11110110 11011111 01010111 11011111 11010101 10010101 1 11010101 11110101 11000101 1101001 11100101 1100101 100100101 11110111 01111101 11010101 111101 11010001 11010101 010111 11001101 11000101 100101 10010101 11010100 110011 1 10101101 11010111 11010111 01100101 110101 11101101 110010101 01011111 011100 11001101 10011111 001010111 11111101 11011001 01011101 11011101 11010101 10111101 11110101 11011101 11010101 10111101 11010101 10011101 01100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 73
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 651
  • 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; to, of, and, as, his, in, never, they, her, for, not, or, thy, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to, and, now, never, a, how, his, alike, of are repeated.

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

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

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