This is an analysis of the poem The Origin Of Didactic Poetry that begins with:
When wise Minerva still was young
And just the least romantic,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efgfdhdh dXdXijij dXdddXXX aXaXkekg lglXiXiX dXXXiXid kgkgmmmg kXkXmcmd XXiXndnd omomXadX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010111 1101010 110010111 11000010 11010100 1101110 11010111 01010110 11100101 0110110 0111100 1101110 11100101 1101010 11010101 1101010 01110101 1101110 00111101 0111010 01110101 11011100 10100101 1011010 01110101 11110100 11110101 01000100 11110101 0100100 100101010 0101100 10111111 1111011 11010101 100100 11011111 1101011 01110111 11010010 00111111 1111010 10011111 0101010 110101101 0111010 11111011 0100010 11011101 1101111 11010101 1111011 01110111 1111010 1111111 1101010 111100101 0101010 1101010111 01010010 11010111 1111110 11110101 1101010 11011011 0101111 10111101 100110 11010101 1101011 11000101 0111010 010101010 110011100 11011101 1100100 11110101 1101010 11110101 0101110 01010101 010010 11011111 0111010 1000011100 0100010 11110011 1100110
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; some, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word some is repeated.
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- summary of The Origin Of Didactic Poetry;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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