This is an analysis of the poem Orpheus that begins with:

ORPHEUS.
LAUGHTER and dance, and sounds of harp and lyre,... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 807,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 32511
  • Average number of words per stanza: 5639
  • Amount of lines: 807
  • 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; of, and, his, with, her, i, to, as, us, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, on, nor, and, with, his, ye, as, thy, of are repeated.

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