This is an analysis of the poem The Story Of Phœbus And Daphne, Applied that begins with:

Thyrsis, a youth of the inspired train,
Fair Sacharissa lov'd, but lov'd in vain;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXccddddbbaaeecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001000101 1100011101 1110111001 1101110111 0101010101 010111111 1001111101 10101011101 0101010101 1111000101 1001010101 10111110101 11010001001 1101110101 1111000101 1101011101 1101110101 0101010101 1110100101 11011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 872
  • Average number of words per stanza: 158
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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