This is an analysis of the poem The Alcayde Of Molina that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaaabbaaccaaddeeffcceeaaaagghhbXii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0010 0010010100110 010010100110101 0111010110101 01001010110101 1101010010111 10101010110101 1101010111101 00100100100111 101111001010001 11101110110111 0111100110101 1101011110101 1111110111111 1111110010101 1101010111101 1101011010101 1111111010001 1111010010101 1111010110001 01000111100001 1101110010101 01101110111111 111001100111101 11011101011101 1111010110111 11101011110101 1101010110111 010011101001 110010101110111 1001110011111 11110111111111 1111111011111100 1111001011101 10100100010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 996
  • Average number of words per stanza: 184
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, with, for, that, in, to, thy, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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