This is an analysis of the poem Bki:Xxi Hymn To Diana that begins with:
O tender virgins sing, in praise of Diana,
and, you boys, sing in praise, of long-haired Apollo,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX bXXX accX XXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101010010 111101011010 1001010 1111001 111101011011 001110110100 111000 11010110 111011010010 110010110010 0101010 10101001 1101111100010 011011011011 111111 10010110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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, his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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