This is an analysis of the poem Laus Veneris that begins with:
Asleep or waking is it? for her neck,
Kissed over close, wears yet a purple speck ... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: aaba ccbd bbeb bbeb ffcX ggcg bXfb ddfd ddhd Xihi eege iigi jjdj ggdg eeke cckc iihi lXfl mmbm ggbg mmbm jjbX aala nnln bbhb hXhh lleX dded hfdf mmdm eebe ddbX eede mmdm gglg kklk aana ccnc dded bbeb ggoX ddXd ccm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 106
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 529
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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; my, her, of, as, and, they, that, lies, with, sin, for, i, one, to, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, where, that, a, as, or, her, with, me, and, one, o are repeated.
The author used the same words lo, ah, her, there, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase me connects the lines.
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- summary of Laus Veneris;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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