This is an analysis of the poem To Mr. Samuel Brooke that begins with:

O THOU which to search out the secret parts
Of the India, or rather Paradise... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabccbXddXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110110101 00100110101 0101010101 1010001101 0110110100 0111010011 1100111101 11010100001 1111010111 1111110001 1111001011 11001110100 11111101010 010100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 584
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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