This is an analysis of the poem The Lady Of The Lake: Canto Iv. - The Prophecy that begins with:

I.
The rose is fairest when 't is budding new,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcXdcXd XeeaaffeegXbXggffXfbbhX XffiiXXccffjjfXiiggkkkiX XggXXffaliiX XbfXhhjjXXffbb agffmmkXhhaannooccjjhhX XaXffppbX affqqppmmffnnggrXffssnnppqX XiiffbbggttffggbX XXdiXccgXgggffggjjuuaaiimmbXXXmXmii XgggiijjiinnjXttffggffiX mg ffddaahhhhqqnnffXjbbccg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,23,24,12,14,23,9,27,17,35,24,2,31,20,5,2,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,4,4,6,4,4,2,4,5,4,4,4,4,2,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,29,37,25,28,15,26,2,8,8,30,7,4,8,5,4,4,4,32,39,38,20,31,39,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 01010110101 1101010101 0101010101 11010010101 1101110110 1111001101 1001111101 1111010100 110101110011 1 11011111 11000111 11110111 01110111 11011111 010010011 11010111 11000111 11111101 11010101 11111111 11110001 110100111 11011101 11010101 10010101 001110110 110100101 11100101 11100111 11010101 11011111 1 01010111 10010101 10010111 01010101 11110101 11010101 110101010 110001010 100111001 11110101 01011101 01011101 11011101 010111010 11111101 00111101 11110001 11001111 011111001 11110111 01111111 11010101 111111100 1 11010101 01010001 110011101 010101001 10011101 10110011 01111110 01010100 01011101 111100101 10011111 10 11010111 01000111 111100100 01110101 011111001 111100111 10110101 11110101 101010110 11110101 1101001001 11110101 01110101 1 10 11110101 11010001 11011101 10011101 01111101 01010101 11010101 110100101 10011111 11010101 11011101 01010101 11010111 11011111 01011111 010111001 11110101 110100101 11010101 11010101 01010101 10 11010101 11010100 11111101 110010101 111101011 11010111 01011111 01010101 1 111101001 01011101 100000101 11010101 11010111 110011101 11110101 11111101 11110101 01000101 110100101 11011111 110100101 01110111 01111101 01011110 11011111 01010101 01001101 110010111 11010101 01000101 11011101 11110111 11011101 110100010 1 11011111 00110011 11110101 11110101 01010111 110000101 01111101 11110001 11001111 01010101 11010001 11010101 10111101 11111111 11110101 10110001 1 1110100111 11011101 11010101 11010101 110011101 11010101 11111101 010111010 11010101 11011111 10010101 10101111 01011001 111111001 11010101 011100111 10111101 110111110 10111111010 1101011 00010111 111111001 01000111 11010101 10100001 11110111 001010101 11010101 100111110 01010101 010101010 010000101 11100101 11110011 1 10010101 11011011 11011101 11010101 11101001 10011101 01011011 11010101 11000101 1101100101 11100101 111101001 100100100 10110101 10110001 11111111 11101101 11110001 11010101 10111101 01010111 11110101 110111100 1 10 110111111 110010111 10110111 10010101 01110001 11010111 11110011 110010101 01011101 010010001 11010101 11010101 11110101 11011101 01010101 11110111 11111101 111110101 10111101 11011111 01011011 10010111 111101010 111111010 11010101 01011101 11011111 01110101 10110001 11011111 11010001 1 11010101 01100101 11011101 11010101 01111101 101010101 110011111 11010111 10110101 10010101 11010101 11000101 11110001 01010101 11110101 11110101 01010111 11011101 11111101 10 100111 1111010101 01010101 11011101 1 10 101 100000011 101011110 10111101101 10101010 11011101 011101 11111111 111101 11011111111 111111111 110101101 110111 11110101 011101 11011101 110111 111011101 111101 011100101 010110 11001101 1110101 11010101 110101 11111111 110101 111100101 110101 11001101 111101 11010110 110101 1 10010 1101100011 111010010 10111111 1101010 11010101 1100101 1100100101 011101 11111111 111101 11110101 01001101 11111101 010101 110101101 111101 11111111 110111 1110100101 0100101 1111110111 111101 1 10010 1101100011 10111110 01011101 11001010 110111001 011101 11111101 111110101 1010101 11111101 110101 101110101 110101 11111101 011001 01011101 010101 11011101 110101 10111101 010101 11101101 111101 01111110 1111010 1 10010 1101100101 1101110 1011111111 0111010 11010101 1101001 1010110101 111111 11011101 011001 11111101 111111 11010111 10101110 111100101 111111101 00101010 11100101 111111 11011101 1101110 11111111 110111 01010101 010101 11111101 110101 01011101 010101 10000011 101011110 11000101001 1101010 1 11010101 01010101 01010101 01010101 01010101 11011111 10101001 11010101 110011001 110111110 11011100 11110111 11011101 111000101 11010111 01010110 11011111 01010001 01011111 111111010 11110001 10010101 11010110 11010101 11010101 01010101 11011111 010101110 1 11011110 10010101 11111101 11110101 11110111 11110111 11011001 11011101 10110111 01010111 1101101 11110101 111001010 1111010101 111110111 01111111 11011101 11011101 11011111 01010101001 11111101 01110011 11011111 110010101 11110101 11110011 11110001 11111101 01010101 011010001 11111101 11100101 01100111 11010100 11010011 010100110 1 111100101 01010101 11111101 11110101 01011101 01010011 11000101 11010101 01110100 11110101 111100101 11001101 11011100 11000101 11010101 11011101 10111101 11110101 01111101 01010101 01000101 01011111 11111101 11111101 1 11010101 010011111 01010101 01010111 11111101 01011101 01011111 10111101 11111111 11000111 01000101 10011101 11010111 10110101 11110101 11010101 01010111 111110000 11000101 11010101 11011111 0110101 11001111 11011101 01000101 01011111 11110010 1 10010111 10110101 10011111 10110101 110011101 110001010 11110101 01111101 111101101 11110101 10111100 10111111 10110111 11010101 1 11010101 01010001 11010111 10110111 01011101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11011101 011100101 01011101 01010101 01110101 110100111 11110101 01011110 11110101 11111111 11011111 11011101 11111111 11010101 01011111 111111001 11010111 1 1 11111111 11110111 11011101 11010101 10111101 11110101 11011111 110111101 11111111 11100101 01110111 11111111 11010101 11010101 11010101 110100111 1 10011101 110100101 11010101 10110101 111100101 11010101 11110111 101011101 11010101 01110101 111110001 11010111 111100101 11111110 10110111 11100111 11010101 1100101011 11001101 10110101 01111101 10111101 01011101 11010101 01110101 11100101 111100111 11010111 11011100 1 11110101 11110110 11111100 11010101 11110110 11010111 11111011001 11110101 0101100111 11101100111 11111101 11111101 10011101 11010111 11010100 11010101 11010111 011101001 1 111110111 101100100 011110111 1011100 01010101 10010100 1110101 101100100 1111100101 1110100 11100101 11100100 11111111 101100100 11011111 1011100 1 11011101 11011101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11000101 11110111 10110011 11110101 10010111 01111101 11010101 10011111 111100111 010101101 01010001 11000101 01010101 11011101 110101001 01110110 11111111 010010111 10010101 11010101 01111111 11110101 1100100101 11010111 11010101 10110101 1 11010101 01110101 11010101 11101101 01011101 10010101 01010111 10000111 1100111011 010101001 11110101 11010101 01010111 11011011 11110101 110111111 01010101 11010101 01111111 11111101 101111111 10110101 11111011 11011101 11111101 11110101 11011111 11010101 11110101 11110111 11110101 111101001 010111001 11011101 01111101 11110101 11111111 010111100 1 01011111 11011101 11010111 11010101 10110101 11101101 01010101 11000111 01010111 11010101 11110111 11010011 1011011 00110101 11111110 01011111 0111101001 10011101 11111111 111101001 11110011 10011111 01011101 11100101 110111010 11110101 01011101 110111111 11010101 11010111 110110111 11011111 10010101 01010111 11010101 11111101 110111001 1 01011101 01110101 01010001 01010101 010101001 010100110 11010101 01000101 01011101 11011101 11010101 10011101 110011101 10001101 01010101 100111101 10111101 11011111 011010111 1 01010111 10010101 11110101 11110101 110111100 110111110 11011101 01111101 110101001 11111001 11011101 110101001 11110101 01000111 11110111 11111111 110101111 01011111 110011111 11110101 111101101 10010101 11111101 11011111 01011110 11011101 11110111 11100101 10011111 010101010 1 11100101 01010101 110101011 11010101 11011101 11010101 10110101 01010111 11010101 01010101 11011111 01010001 01010111 11010100 01011101 11110111 11111101 01010101 001010101 11000101 101111110 011101010 11111101 11011101 101111111 111100101 11110001 01110011 111100110 110111010 11110101 11011100 01110101 11010101 10110111 11011101 11010101 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 69
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 418
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 841
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, nor, so, his, whose, can, my, in, to, for, like, of, her, he, she, i, still, ', we, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, and, whose, my, the, he, when, as, for, of, i'll, they, i, she are repeated.

    The author used the same words 'o, 'and, she 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 spot, ' are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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