This is an analysis of the poem Benedetta Ramus that begins with:

Mysterious Benedetta! who
That Reynolds or that Romney drew... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb dddefXfe cccfgggf hhhijjji kkklaaal bbbjhhXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010001 11011101 11011111 101101 11010101 110101001 11010101 110101 11110011 1101101 111101001 0111010 11011111 11001111 11010101 1100110 111100101 11000101 11010101 0111010 11011111 110100101 01110101 0111010 1100011 11001111 11111101 110101 01010101 01111101 11111101 000101 01100101 11000111 01111101 011101 01111111 11001111 11010101 010101 11011100 11011101 10011111 110111 01111101 11010110 11001100 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, and, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words these, through, i've are repeated.

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