This is an analysis of the poem Jenny Carrister, The Heroine Of Lucknow-Mine that begins with:

A heroic story I will unfold,
Concerning Jenny Carrister, a heroine bold,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbcc ddaa ddaa Xbcc aaeb ffgg behh ccaa aadd iicc aajj kkbb aaXl jjff jjkk jjcc lliiXkkdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0010101001 0101010001001 1100101011110 11010101001011 10101010001101101 110110110101011 1101000111101 1101000101001 111101011101 110011011111 0100111011101 1101010101001001 11010011001010001 0111011000101101001 10100010011 11101111110011 01001010011 111000101101 100101011001011 11010111011001 1110010101 1110110101101001 1110001010011101 1111001100001 111011010011101 111101010110111 11010101011 11010101111101 1001011100101100001 11101010101 110101001101010 1011000100010010110 101011111101011 1101011010101 1111110101011 1111010111001 111010110001011 1100100101101 110110101101 10010101111011 1010110101110110011 0101110011110001 1110101011011 011001111100001 1011100111010 1110111011010 1111010001101101 11001110011101000100 11101010010110101 1101011101 101000111110100101 1101011110010001 11001101100001101 101101101011011 11111100010 1101101010001111 01010100101101011 11011101011 11011001011 1010101110101 111010101011 1110111001101 0101110000111 111010111101 10101011100101 1010000010011001 11110110101 101110110011010 110100101110001 101101001011101 1110011001001 11010100101101 11010101011101001 0111101100011 111111101011101 110100101010011010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, her, then, he, to, she, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, that, but are repeated.

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

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