This is an analysis of the poem The Poetry Of Spenser that begins with:

Lakes where the sunsheen is mystic with splendour and softness;
Vales where sweet life is all Summer with golden romance:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010010010110 1111011001001 101100111101100 101111100101101 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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; with is repeated.

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  • summary of The Poetry Of Spenser;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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