This is an analysis of the poem Comus (Excerpts) that begins with:
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Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph that liv'st unseen... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa b a b b b c c d d c c e e f c f d f c g g D h X h h g g b b e e i i j j h h h h k k d d D e g g e a a e i i k k i Xc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1101011101 011101 1110101 10010010001 1011100 1001011101 1111100101 11010101 1011 1001101 1111 1101010001 1110010001 110101011100 1 0101 1011110 1001010101 010101010 0110110101 1011101 1000101 1011 1010101 0101100 101101001 11010101 11010101 10100101 11010101 11100101 1100101 1011101 110101001 1010101 11100011 1110101 100111101 10010101 11011101 01110101 11111101 011011 11001111 11110101 1011 01010010110111 1010101 1101110101 1101001 1101010101 01011101 100101 1010101 1111101 10010101 111111 1011101 111
- Amount of stanzas: 52
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 38
- Average number of words per stanza: 6
- Amount of lines: 161
- Average number of symbols per line: 13 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Comus (Excerpts);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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