This is an analysis of the poem Poem 22 that begins with:

ANd thou great Iuno, which with awful might
the lawes of wedlock still dost patronize,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXaababXXacXaccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010101 0101111101 1001000111 0101110100 111101011 010011 0100110101 1111011001 1111001101 0101110110 011011 1011001101 0101110101 1111010100 11001010011 111111101 110110 1111110101 1110111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 768
  • Average number of words per stanza: 137
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Poem 22;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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