This is an analysis of the poem Kensington Garden that begins with:

______ Campos, ubi Troja fuit.
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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,70,18,2,10,4,8,30,10,14,6,10,18,2,20,10,20,10,8,2,10,10,8,2,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,20,10,10,10,10,10,10,20,10,10,20,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 46
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 532
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 537
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, to, far, in, their, so, her, love, his, thy, he, thrice, by, kenna, now, through, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ere, or, no, the, and, may, each, in, where, this, through are repeated.

    The author used the same word see at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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