This is an analysis of the poem God Lyaeus that begins with:

GOD Lyaeus, ever young,
Ever honour'd, ever sung, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 10100101 1010101 0010101 1010101 0010101 0110101 1010101 1011011 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 333
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; ever is repeated.

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