This is an analysis of the poem Awake Ye Muses Nine, Sing Me A Strain Divine that begins with:

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Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aa aabbaaccddeeaaaaeeXXffddaaggbbcchhXXXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,38,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 011101110101 010101111101 101111101101101 1101101001100101 1111010011111 11110101100111 0111011011101 1011001011101 01110111011100 1011010011101 0111010011101 11011101001001 01110100100101 1111010111101 0111010010111 10101100010101 0111011100101 0101110100101 1101010111101 1111010010111 0111010110101 1101010110100 10010101100111 110110011000101 10010100010001 0101010110011 1101011010111 1111010111111 1101010110111 101010101100101 1101010110111 1100110110101 1111010111101 1111010100101 0111010110101 1101110111111 11000111110010 110111010111100 11011101101010 1101100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 751
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, or, her are repeated.

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

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