This is an analysis of the poem On The Soft And Gentle Motions Of Eudora that begins with:

Divine Thalia strike th' Harmonious Lute,
But with a Stroke so Gentle as may sute... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbbXXXXXccXaa ddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101101001 1001110111 010100010 110101010 101010101 11111111 1101 101 11011 01011 11001001 01001 00101 1111101 01111 11001 111011101 11011110001 1000101111 1101101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; how is repeated.

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