This is an analysis of the poem An Orson Of The Muse that begins with:

Her son, albeit the Muse's livery
And measured courtly paces rouse his taunts,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcabXcdefedf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01010010100 1101010101 1011000101 0101001101 1001000100 1111010111 10101010101 01001001111 1111011111 0101000101 1100011101 1111110111 110101000011 0011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 598
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and is repeated.

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