This is an analysis of the poem Hymn To Proserpine (After The Proclamation Of The Christian that begins with:

Vicisti, Galilæe
I have lived long enough, having seen one thing, that love hath an end;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaAbbccaaddeeffgghiccjjkkeehiggffggeeffaXggggaalljjggaaffggiiffhhggllggaaaaaaggmmggmmffggnnaAeellllhhddeeooddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 111,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001000 1111011011111111 10110110111101 111101101001011111 11111101100101 10010011101001 10101011100111 101100100111001 010101001001001 111010011111111 01010011101011 10111101111101 111110111111011 11011011111001 011001010101111 1111001011011011 1110010100101001 11111010100111 11110011101010 11011111100111 1001010010101 1101111111011011 1010100110101011 11111010111111 01001101001001001 111101011001001 11010011101011 10100101110101 111001001110110 1111111101111 11010111111001 01011111111101 11110011111001 1100101101101001 11111111101000 111011101001111011 1110011011101001 100110101101101 111100101101111 1111101101011001 101110110101011 1001011101001101 10111001101001001 111011100100111 11010011101001 1111000110101111 111100111101001 1100111011011011 11001000111001001 1010011110100111 11010111101111 11001001101001101 101001001101001001 111100101111011 11001001001001001 0111001001001101 001001001001011101 0010011110100111 01010110101100 0010110110100100110 110110011011111010 101011001101001000 101101001101101001 10100110100111001 101001101111011011 011001101011001101 01100100110101111 111011111010111101 111101111101001111 001001001000001001 11110111101101111 10101111111111101 111011111101101 101101010001011001 111011101011111011 001011011101001101 1110101011101011101 1111100101110111 111111111001001001 11001010101011101 11011010101011001 1111101011001011 01110010010110010 110011100101001 1110111001111001 1111001011101011 11001111010001101 1010010100110101 101011001100111001 11101111101111111 1011111101111111 111001101111001001 10110110111101 1100101100111001 111011011011111101 001111111101001111 10100111111101001 101011101011101101 101111010010010001 101001011001101001 110111110111001 00111011101010101 11101111101101101 11110111001011001 111111101100101 111111101101001011 1111110111111101 1010000100111101 010110101101101 1110111011101101 110111101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 7876
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1470
  • Amount of lines: 111
  • Average number of symbols per line: 70 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that, of, to, your, take, all, his, for, with, as, its, ye, in, dead, thy, another, her, i, where are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, in, with, and, will, though, ye, where are repeated.

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