This is an analysis of the poem Beloved Name that begins with:

The lily's perfume pure, fame's crown of light,
The latest murmur of departing day,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cdccd bebbe dfddf efeef ghggh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01101110101 0101000101 1101111101 01011011011 0111010101 01011110101 1100010101 0101100111 010110101 1101111101 0101010101 11010010101 010011011001 0101111101 1101011101 10010010101 1011010101 00010101001 0101111101 0101010111 1111010101 1101000101 0101010101 1101010101 1101001111 1011110111 0101110101 0101000101 1101000101 11001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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