This is an analysis of the poem Love, The Soul Of Poetry that begins with:

WHen first Alexis did in Verse delight,
His Muse in Low, but Graceful Numbers walk't, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXabX XbbXXX cddcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101000101 0101110101 1111010101 1101110101 0101010101 0101100101 1111110101 0101011101 10110100011 0101111110 01110000101 01110101010 10101011011 0101111101 1101001001 0100010101 1101011100 1011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.

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