This is an analysis of the poem The Origin Of Song Writing that begins with:

WHEN Cupid, wanton boy, was young,
His wings unfledg'd, and rude his tongue,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bbccddeeffeeeeccee ccbb ccgXaacceehh ii eehhjjaabbddbb cc bbeeeebbhkaallh hmmXX hknnbbbbbbgg ddXcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,18,4,12,2,14,2,15,5,12,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 011001101 11000110010 110101010 11110101 01110101 11010101 11110101 11010101 01010111 11111101 1110101 11010101 11000101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1011101 01000101 010101001 11010101 01011101 11010101 01011101 10010101 01001011 11010110 10101010 10101010 1110001 0101010001 01011101 10110101 1010101 1110101 11010101 01010101 10010101 01010111 01010101 11010101 010101010 110001010 01110111 01011101 101111010 0101010010 010110111 010110001 11011101 11010101 110110001 01110101 110100101 11010101 0110101 10101001 10100111 1110101 1110101 1010101 11010101 010101010 0100101001 11010101 11010101 10011001 01010101 1100101 010101001 11010001 11010101 11011101 11110101 100101010 11010101 10110101 110111001 01011101 11011101 11010101 11010101 110101101 010110101 11010101 010011101 010100101 11010101 11011101 11010101 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; his, and, or are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Origin Of Song Writing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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