This is an analysis of the poem In Cypres Springes, Wheras Dame Venus Dwelt that begins with:
In Cypres springes, wheras dame Venus dwelt,
A well so hote that who so tastes the same, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaXaXcccXdX Xc ababaXaXXXXXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,2,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01010101101 0111111101 010111111 1101010101 111001111 0101111110 1001110101 1010110110 1111010101 1101001001 01011101001 1001010101 1011110011 1101010010 11 0100101 01010011101 0111110101 010111111 1101010101 1110100111 01010111110 1001110101 1010110110 11011010101 1101000101 01011101001 10010110001 1011110011 11010100010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 460
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
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