This is an analysis of the poem A Prayer For Artemis that begins with:

STROPHE IV
Though Zeus plan all things right,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbab X aaaaa c deeada c fggfaa c deHeiIFFEE c afHfiIFFEE X jjccXffFCX X dfdfff FCX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,5,1,6,1,6,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,6,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 111111 10010101101 1001001 10010100101 1011011101 1001 111101 01010101001 1101001 101001101 0101100101 11 01001101101 01011111 11100111 1101001101 01010011101 1111000101 1001 1111010001 10110001 10010101 1101010101 1101010101 1101110111 11 11010101 11010101 110111 11011111 11110101 11110111 1111 1101011101 11010101 1101011001 1001 110101011 01001101 110111 01110101 10010111 11110111 1111 1101011101 11010101 1101011001 11 01011101 110101001 10010111 10010101 11111100 110110101 01010101 11110101 01011111 100100 1001 10100001 10011111 111101 11000101 11110111 10100101 11110101 01011111 100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; woe is repeated.

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