This is an analysis of the poem Song To Diana that begins with:

Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,
Now the sun is laid to sleep,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcC dXdXcC cXcXcC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 1010101 1001101 1010101 1001011 1010001 11111001 1010101 10010111 10011101 111011 1010001 1110101 11101010 1100101 1011110 1110101 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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