This is an analysis of the poem At The Making Of Man that begins with:

First all the host of Raphael
In liveries of gold,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcb deXefe ghehch Xcechc ijcjhj XkgkXk gblbdb jmbmbm nbXbhb XeeeXe nbibeb lninan lcecnc dnnnfn dldlal dieifi ghihoh ofifgf negXXe gagadaXoicjei
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 010001 100101110 010111 01000101 111101 1101010 100111 0101010 110101 01110101 1010101 01010110 100101 0101010 010001 01011101 010101 0110010 110101 1100010 011101 11110101 010101 1111010 111001 01010010 111101 01010101 111101 1111110 111101 0110010 101001 11110111 001101 1111110 101101 1101010 011101 11000101 011100 110010101 110111 01000101 010001 11011101 010001 1101010 110101 0101110 010111 01010101 010001 0101010 010001 1101010 110101 11010100 110101 0101010 111101 0101010 010001 11010001 110001 1111110 11001 1101010 010001 0101110 000101 1101010 010111 10010110 010111 11110101 100111 1101010 010111 1101010 1100111 10101001 110101 11010101 110111 11010101 0100101 11011101 010101 1101110 11000110 1101010 1101010 01101101 1011110 0101010 110101 0111010 010011 11111100 010001 1101010 100101 1010010 0100001 10010101 010111 0111010 010101 0100010 001000 01001101 1001001 0110010 0100001 0111010 010100 110111011 110111 0101010 0101010 1101011 110001 11110011 00100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 126
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, this, whatever are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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