This is an analysis of the poem Torto Volitans Sub Verbere Turbo Quem Pueri Magno In Gyro Vacua Atria Circum Intenti Ludo Exercent that begins with:

Of pearies and their origin I sing:
How at the first great Jove the lord of air... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXddXXecXXXffXdXgggghbhabgcXgbgceiicgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110011 1101110101 0101010101 11000110111 01100101010 11011100100 1101010001 11001010001 1101111101 0111010011 1111011001 1011010101 0011010101 11010110111 1101010111 1101011101 0101110101 0101010101 100110101 1111100101 0101000101 011111111 11010101001 1001000101 11100111010 01010000101 0101010101 1101110111 010111101 010101010001 1101101110100 110101111 0101011111 0100010101 01001010101 0001010011 0101000101 010111111 11 11010101 111100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1742
  • Average number of words per stanza: 319
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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

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