This is an analysis of the poem Minstrel's Book - Song And Structure that begins with:

LET the Greek his plastic clay
Mould in human fashion,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba b c cc c d Xd X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 101010 1010101 101010 1001101 110010 1111001 001010 10111101 111100 1011111 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 36
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.

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