This is an analysis of the poem The Earthly Paradise: The Lady Of The Land that begins with:

The ArgumentA certain man having landed on an island in the Greek sea, found there a beautifuldamsel, whom he would fain have delivered from a... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXceefdfddaa ghghhhh hahaaii XdgbXjj khkhhll ihihhgg gagaaii aaaaaff dddXdii hdhbdgg hiXiimm ndaddff Xggggkk ndnddhX ohohhhh hghgXnn ehehXgX ninXidd ghghhbd dgpggaa hfhffdX hhihhaa ihihhdb ainiigg dhbhhff ihihhdd mlmllee qdqddaa dhdhXhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 73
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 578
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; sea, and, they, he, of, her, should, another, to, my, i, that, we, with, thou, thy, his, or, what are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, he, or, her, another, who, of, no, what are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, and, ah, then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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