This is an analysis of the poem The Fan : A Poem. Book Iii. that begins with:

Thus Mommus spoke. When sage Minerva rose,
From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdddd eeaaffggaa hh eehhffhhiiaaddddeeddhhggddaabbaaffhhbbffaaaahhffhhaa jjXfaakk ccllaaaaaa ggggee hhaajjhhdd aaaakk hhaahhaaaaaa bbffhhaa dd aajjkkiiaaaa jjkk aahhddjjeekkjjaaddaaccffbbmmdd aacceeiiaa ee Xhbb bbff aaaa aaaaXii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,2,52,8,10,6,10,6,12,8,2,12,4,30,10,2,4,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 0011110101 01011100101 1101000101 11110001001 1111010110 1101010101 0101010101 001010011101 1001010101 10011111101 10111110101 1101010101 1011110101 1111111101 1101110101 0101111101 1011000111 1011010101 0101110101 11001010101 1101000111 01010111 0111110101 001100100101 1101100101 0101010101 1101110101 0101010101 11010101001 1110010101 1011010101 0011111011 1101010101 10100010101 10101010101 1001010001 0110010111 1100100101 1001010111 01001010101 1011111001 01010111001 1001110101 0101010101 1101000101 010011001001 11001110101 0101000111 1101010101 100101011 0101010101 1101010101 1101110101 0101010101 01010110001 11011010101 1011010101 1101010111 1001010111 101110011001 0011010101 0101010111 1101010101 1011010101 1101010101 1001001101 0111000101 1100011101 010101001 10100010111 1111000101 1101110111 1101010101 1101110101 1011010101 1101011101 1001010001 1011010101 11000101001 11110100101 0111011101 1101010101 1001010101 110100101001 1101011111 0101010101 1101010101 1111010101 1011110101 0100010111 1101010101 1111110101 1101000111 1111010001 0101110101 1101010101 1111111001 1101010101 01010111010 1101010101 1101011111 1011011101 1111010101 1101010101 1001000101 0101010101 1101010101 1011110101 10110001001 0101010101 10111101001 101110101001 1011010101 11010100101 1101000101 0101010101 1011010101 11010000101 1001010101 0101010101 10110101010 10011010111 0101010101 1011111101 10011100101 1101011111 1101010011 110010000101 1111010101 1101011101 1100110101 101010111001 1101110101 1101010101 11010010101 01001010101 1001010101 0011110101 1101010101 1110010101 0111011001 0101010101 11001111001 0011110101 1001011001 11000100101 10110101001 1101010101 11001110101 0011110101 1001010101 0111001111 110010101001 10110011001 1101010101 0101010101 1101010101 10110011101 1011010101 1111010101 1111010101 1101011101 1101010101 1101011101 1101011101 0101010101 11011100101 11101001111 1011010101 0101010111 1101011101 0101001101 1101011001 1111010101 1001010101 111001101 01001011101 11110101001 1101010001 1111010101 0101000101 1101110101 1001101101 11010101001 1111000100 0101010101 101010101 0101100101 0101010101 1111000101 110111010101 1101100101 1000110101 11010110 1111011101 1101010101 1101110101 0101011101 1101010101 10000010101 1101010001 1110010111 1111110011 111010001 1111000101 1001001101 1101010101 1101011101 11110100101 1101010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 426
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 212
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, her, this, his, their, in, she are repeated.

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

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