This is an analysis of the poem To Sir William Davenant that begins with:
UPON HIS TWO FIRST BOOKS OF GONDIBERT
FINISHED BEFORE HIS VOYAGE TO AMERICA. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccddeeeeddccddffbbggfXhhiiiiddjjccbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101110100 100101000100 10101011 1110010101 1101101101 1111011111 1111010101 1101011101 0101111101 0111110101 1111011101 1111011111 11011011001 1001110001 11110101110 01010101010 10011101001 11110111011 1011010101 1101110101 1011011101 1111110101 1111011101 1111010111 0110110011 01001010111 11110011101 11110101100 1111011101 1111111111 0101110011 0011111101 1011011001 1101110001 1111111111 0101111111 1101010111 11111100101 11101010001 01010011101 11010110101 0111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1969
- Average number of words per stanza: 346
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; and is repeated.
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