This is an analysis of the poem Where's The Poet? that begins with:

Where's the Poet? show him! show him,
Muses nine! that I may know him.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbcXdXdeXeXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10101111 10111111 1011001 0110011 11000101 110101001 011011110 1011001 11101010 1010111 01010111 10101100 1010101 10100110 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 467
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).

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