This is an analysis of the poem Poem 5 that begins with:

WAke now my loue, awake; for it is time,
The Rosy Morne long since left Tithones bed,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXaaXbccbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011001 01011111001 1100010101 11010101001 11010011111 110011 0101110101 0110011010 0101010101 1101010110 0010100 1111111111 1100111101 1001001101 1100011001 010101 1101110011 11010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 738
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; to is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Poem 5;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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