This is an analysis of the poem Euterpe: A Cantanta that begins with:

Argument.
Hail to thee, Sound!—The power of Euterpe in all the scenes of life—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXefgh i e jkXilalaa dldlidkdd cbcbjhjhh e Xllljaja m ffffhlhl X e hnhnhlhl XG anahlj X e flmleoioaklk eg apgpp X nononnoo lqlqaqaa e qqqlXqqX llllXqql i hehedada fefeprpr lXljlsls qG lblX fsfs phphXh e ljeohlql eXj hahahqhqili
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,1,9,9,9,1,8,1,8,1,1,8,2,6,1,1,12,2,5,1,8,8,1,8,8,1,8,8,8,2,4,4,6,1,8,3,12,1,12,1,10,1,23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 1011010010010101 00100101000101011010 0101111000101001010 01010101010010000 11011100110011010010 010101000101010101010 0010100111000010010100 001 100 1110 11011101 01011101 11001011 010010110 110001011 001001001 110101100 01001001 101001001 001001001 001011011 11011001 01001001 110010010 01001001 11111011 01011111 101011111 11011111 011001101 101001111 01001101 111001001 111010010 101001101 011010010 1011010010 1110110 1001010 11010101 1001001 01010101 010101 110010101 110001 11010101 1101011 11111110 1110011 0111010 0110011 10001010 1010111 10101010 1100101 110101000 1110 10001010 0110111 10101010 1010101 100111010 0010000 11101010 1010101 11101000 11010 1101011001 0101010111 1101010101 11110101010 01110101001 1101110111 110101 1110010 10110010010 1001 010111011011 01001 10011010110 1111 1010110110 11011 11010111010 1111 10011111111 1101 1110 0101010 110010010 01001011 1010010010 11101001 01001001 111011100 01110101 11011001 01011101 11110101 110101 111110 010101 01 01110101 010111001 11110111 11111101 111001 010101 010101 01 11110 10101010 10101010 10111010 1010101 01101100 00101010 10111010 1010111 10111010 101001010 10100110 1010001 11111100 10101010 11111010 1011111 111010 11110101 010101 10010111 011101 11010111 110101 1110101 110101 11000101 110101 11010101 110101 11011101 1101001 01110011 110011 11011101 110101 11010011 110111 11111111 110101 01011001 110111 11101 11010 101101011001 000111001 111111111001 111001011 01011101111 11011111 1110011001001 111011011 111011001001 101011011 111001111001 101011001 0101 11011001 1110001 1101111101 1101011101 0101010111 11011111 0111010101 0111011101 11010100001 1111000101 1110 01001001010 00110111 1111011 101101 1010011 11101 1010010 101001 1010010 11011 1110010 01010 110010 01001 11111 001010101010111 101000101010001 001010101010001 111011101011101 1110111111101011 1011101100101001 1010101010111010 110011010111010 111011101010101 1110100101010011 001010101010111 101000101010001 111000010 1100110101 010010101011 01010101010 1101011101 1111010111 1101110100 1101000101 1101000101 1101000111 1111000101 1101010 1010111010 010010100 1110101010 0010010101 1010001010 101110101 1010101010 101010101 101001 01001 11101 11101 010110110 010010010 010101001 1101001 11010101 101011 01001 11101 11101 111101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 45
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 259
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, us, from, at, and, what, while, we, half, that, ringing are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, of, and, brings, what, then, at, now are repeated.

    The author used the same words no, what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines delight, thrill, inspired, love, asleep, rest are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase asleep connects the lines.

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