This is an analysis of the poem Apollo's Song that begins with:

My Daphne's hair is twisted gold,
Bright stars apiece her eyes do hold,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010111 1101100010 110101110 110111110 110101010 101011111 111100101 11011101 11010111 11110101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 451
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, daphne's are repeated.

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

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