This is an analysis of the poem Titmarsh’s Carmen Lilliense that begins with:
LILLE, Sept. 2, 1843.
My heart is weary, my peace is gone,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ABAB c dbdb eXXb ebeb fbfb abab XbXb ABaB X gbgb cbcb cXXb Xbcb dXdb ABAB X ebeb fbfb hbhb ibib ebeb AbAB X jbjb dXdb XbXb fbfb ibiX fbfb XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111 110101101 111101101 111101101 01000101 1 01011111 01010101 11111101 11010111 01001101 01110101 110101000 11010111 11011101 11011101 11010101 110101001 01011101 11111101 11111111 110111111 11011111 01001101 11010101 11100111 11010100 01011111 11111111 11011111 110101101 111101101 11111101 01000101 1 01011101 01110101 01111111 11110111 110110101 11111111 11110101 11110111 11100111 11110111 11110110 10111111 11110110 11111101 111111001 01011101 11111001 11111100 11011111 11101101 110101101 111101101 111101101 01000101 1 011101001 11000101 110100111 11101111 11011101 11110111 11110001 01010101 10110111 11010111 11010111 00010101 1110111 01110101 11011101 11110101 01110111 11011001 11110111 11010101 110101101 1111010101 111101101 01000101 1 11101101 11010101 11111001 11110101 11010101 11011101 11010111 01000101 11111001 01011111 01110100 00111101 11011111 11111111 11010001 1111011 11111101 01000111 11001101 110101010 11010011 11110111 00000111 10110111 11110100110100100 100010100
- Amount of stanzas: 32
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 112
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, at, ye are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, to, ye, it are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word lille at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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