This is an analysis of the poem Bkiii:Xxii To Diana that begins with:

Virgin protectress of the mountain and the grove,
who, called on three times, hears young girls, labouring...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000010101 11111111100 11111100101 10110 10010110111 11111001100 10001001110 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

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