This is an analysis of the poem Lines On Marle Field that begins with:

What is the task that to the muse belongs?
What but to deck in her harmonious songs ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeefghhaaiijjaajjjjjjhXgfbbkkjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001100101 11010001001 0101010101 1001110101 111011111 011011111 1101110101 1101110001 1101010101 1001010101 110111001010 0101010001 1101011101 01010010001 00100010101 1001110101 0101010101 1001010101 0101010101 11010100101 1101010101 10011110101 01110100101 1011110101 10011110101 1111010101 010011111 110101100101 0101100101 111010101 1001110101 01010101010 0101010101 0101100101 1111011101 1001010101 1101010001 0101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1694
  • Average number of words per stanza: 281
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, to are repeated.

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