This is an analysis of the poem Beneath The Salvias that begins with:

Beneath the salvias, where some angel slew
The favors that were granted by his god, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXaXabbXacdecde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101011101 0101010101 1101011101 010101101 11 1101110100 1 1101010001 01000011111 0011111010 1 1111110111 1111010001 10101010111 1101010101 0111111111 0111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 650
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of is repeated.

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

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