This is an analysis of the poem The Degenerate Gallants that begins with:
[HERNANI, Act I., March, 1830.]
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabbccddddeeaaffaaffee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,22,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1001111 1101111101 1101010110 1101000101 0101010101 1101101111 1101110111 1001011111 0111110111 1111010101 1111010111 1001110111 0111110111 1011110111 1111110101 0110011011 0101010001 1101111111 0101010111 10010011001 1111110101 1101010111 10010010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 509
- Average number of words per stanza: 95
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; they, and, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
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