This is an analysis of the poem The Duke And The Duchess that begins with:
[THE DUKE.]
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: A bbcXXcddbbbb E fffggfbbbhhe A XbiXXihhicci E fXghhgjjjhhj A eeXdXXiibgge
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01 110110 1101010 111110010 11000 110100 110110010 010110 111010 010110110 110010 010110 111111010 010 1011010 110010 1100100100 110110 111110 1100110100 110110 010110 111110010 010010 111010 011111010 01 110100 010110 111111010 1010011 110010 111110010 111010 010010 010010010 111110 010110 010111110 010 110110 11110 101110010 010110 001010 110011110 111010 110010 111010110 111010 010010 011011010 01 110110 010110 011011100 110010 11010 101011100 010110 010010 110000110 111010 110110 111011010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i'm, and, to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word duchess at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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