This is an analysis of the poem Laodamia that begins with:

. "With sacrifice before the rising morn
Vows have I made by fruitless hope inspired;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXbdbddd ebebef bcbcgX hXhbii agagbX jejfaa bbbbaX icXcii bjbjcc gbgXkk ididdd ljljaX gmgmdd ececXi bbbbgg lclcbb cdcdee bebfii didibX bebebb nonodd eeXeii pkpkXX babajj dadaeee Xmbmdd kXabbkbbkii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10101010101 11111101010 10001011101 01110111010 0101010101 011011111000 1101110101 01010100101 1101010001 01001010101 0101110101 1101010001 1101110111 1111111101 0101010101 0101001001 0001010111 101111100 1101110001 11111011111 100111001 1101010101 1101001111 010101110100 11001010101 01110101100 1100010101 1101110111 0101110111 1101010101 1000011101 0111010011 0011010011 1101111001 1010110101 010111011000 101100111 0101010110 1111011101 1001010100 1101001101 1101010101 101001010001 1011110101 1111011101 01001010001 1111010101 01010111010 10001010101 1101011011 1111010010 1101100101 1111011111 0101001111 10111000101 1111011011 11110011101 1101010001 0101111111 1111011001 10101111110 1101011111 1101111101 010101011100 1101001011 011100101001 10101111101 11010110001 0101000111 1101110101 11001010001 1101010101 1111001001 0101010101 0111010001 0101010001 1011001101 11011101101 101000110111 10010010001 100010001 10101110101 101010100 111011101 1101110011 11010111001 1101110101 0101010111 0111010010 1101001010101 100111101100011 1101111111 0101000111 0001011101 1001010101 1001010101 1101111101 0111010011 1101011101 01100110101 1001010101 0101010001 01101101001 01001011001 1101001001 1101001001 1101110101 1101010001 1101110111 110011010011 1101010101 1001011100 1111110101 1101111111 10111010111 11010000101 01011100101 1101110001 1011010001 11011101100 11111101101 0100010101 10110010101 1001010110 0111010001 1011110101 10101110101 101111101 11110011001 1101110101 01111111010 11110101010 10101010101 1011010101 1011011101 01110010001 1101011101 01010101001 10111011111 0100110011 1101110101 1111000101 0010010111000 01010111000 10101010001 10010101110 0101010111 10010011110 1110100101 0100010101 0111110101 1011111111 01011111100 1111010101 10101111101 1101010101 110101010111 11010101100 1101110101 1011111101 1101100101 01010111010 01010110010 1101010011 11010101100 1111111101 1101010101 0100111101 0101011101 0101011111 1101110111 1101001011 0111010101 0101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 185
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; her, she, thou, this, and, in are repeated.

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

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