This is an analysis of the poem The Rape Of Aurora that begins with:

Never, O never,
Since dewy sweet Flora ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdbadacd eaefeaeXafX gagXgaggXcX hghigghgiig
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110 110110 1100110 11011 0010110 110010 010110 111010 110010 11101 0010010 10110 110110 010010 01001 0010010 111010 111110 110110 011010 01011 00100100 110110 010110 100010 011100 1010010 110110 011010 111010 010110 101111 100100010 110010 1001100 010011 01101 00101100 1111100 011011 1110100 1001 11111 10111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Rape Of Aurora;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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