This is an analysis of the poem Brittania's Throne that begins with:

MIRROR of the trackless sky,
Priestess of its changing mood, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcC dcdccC dcdccC ededcC afafcC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101 1000101 1110111 1111101 1110101 0111001 0110101 1111111 1011101 1010101 0110111 0111001 10101001 10001001 11111001 1010111 1111111 0111001 1010111 1010111 1111101 0010101 1010111 0111001 1010011 10100011 1011111 1011111 1011111 0111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 182
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thou, us, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thou, for are repeated.

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