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  • Rhyme scheme: a a bcaC bXdd XcdX ecXc ecfX gcfc echX eeie Deee fcfc eXfX edfd ecXc iceX Dcdc acjX dcfX eckc lXeX jdad e Xmbm ecaC icXc fXnc ncXX oXlX ecec heXe dcXc XcdcdX ecec XcaX dceX gege dddd dXgcgX lcdX dcmc fceX e deXe Xmgm eXXX Xkdk dkdk eded ikhk kiki dhdh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,4,4,4,4,4,6,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11 10 1101111 0111101 11110101 110110101 01110111 01010101 110100101 11010111 11011101 11011001 111101010 1111111001 11111011 11111001 111010110 111010101 1111011 1110111 10110111 10110101 10110111 11110101 11110101 11010101 11111111 11011111 11111100 111111101 11010111 11110101 1110011 01110101 11111101 01110101 01110101 11011101 11111110 11110111 01110101 11011101 11111101 11010111 10010100 110011100 11111111 110111010 10010100 111001010 11111101 1101011 10010110 11110111 11011111 11011111 101110101 111101110 11111101 11101101001 11110111 111010001 01111111111 1110111001 11011111 11001111 111100101 111110101 101110110 0010111101 110111101 110011111 11010111 11111110 111010111 11010110 111100101 11111101 11100100101 101010101 111000111 110111101 110 11000111 01111111 1101111 11010001 11010001 11010101 11100101 110110101 11010111 010111000 11011101 11010101 11111110 11110101 11111001 11001001 11111001 11011101 11110111 1101001100 111101010 01010101 11111101 101111111 110110101 111010101 101110101 11110111 11111101 110111001 11010111 11011101 11011111 01010101 01010111 11111101 110101101 10011111 11111101 11110101 11110101 11010101 11100101 11110111 11010101 11110101 11010101 101010101 11011101 110111 10010111 11011101 110111101001 1110111011 110101111 01011101 11011101 11110101 101111011 1010100111 110010101 11110101 10010101 01011101 010110111 11010111 01011111 11010111 11111110 11011101 111101010 1000100101 1111101 11110001 10010111 11100101 11010101 110100101 111110101 010101101 11 110010111 111101 11001110 010101 11110100 110111 11011101 110101 01010001 10010 11010100 01010 01110100 01011101 11010101 110101 11111111 010101 11000111 110101 11010101 110111 01010101 010111 10011111 1101101 1111111 1100001 01010101 010101 110111001 110001 11000101 110100 11010101 010101 11110101 0100001 110010101 111111 11010101 0101001 11010101 01010 110100101 0100111 11101101 010101 11010101 1100101 110100101 110101 01011101 11011 111100111 110001 11010111 110101 01101101 0100101 11110101 010111 11111101 010101 01100101 1101001 11010101 010101 10111100 1111010 01110101 111111 110010101 0100101 111101001 1010101 01011101 01000101 11010011 110101 11111101 110111 11111101 010101 11110101 10010101 010011101 010101 110101001 110101 01011101 111101 11110101 11010101 11010101 0100101 110111010 010101 010101010 1100101 11000101 1100101 11110101 010101 11111101 011101 110011101 111101 11111101 010111 01111111 1111110 01010101 110111 11111001 110111 010100101 111111 11010001 110101 11111111 10011111 11011101 011001 01010101 010111 11010101 010101 11111111 010101 101100101 010111 11011101 1100001 010011101 110101 1001101010 0110011 110101110 110110 11011101 110101 11111001 011101 10100111 111111 100010101 1101000 01110101 1100111 11011101 001101 1101101011 11101010 11110101 110101 11011101 110110 11010101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 83
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 328
  • 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; me, and, that, they, of, he, to, in, nor, she, comes are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, 'harp, that, and, he, the, nor, no, a are repeated.

    The author used the same words 'and, he, 'beside, the, 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 tale is repeated).

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

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