This is an analysis of the poem Riddles By Dr. Swift And His Friends that begins with:
FROM Venus born, thy beauty shows;
But who thy father, no man knows:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffaagghhiiiiffiiaajjffiiiXhXXieeggkkcghhaallcciikkiibbddXXbbkkiiXammaakkbbhhiihhhhnnddii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 98,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 11110111 11010101 01001101 101101010 010101110 01111001 11010101 01010001 110100101 10010111 01010111 110111001 11010101 1100111 01011101 11010110 01001101 11010101 100100101 1010001 110011001 10111101 01111001 11010101 10110101 10110001 01010101 110000101 01010001 11010101 10010101 11010101 110100101 01110101 010101010 01010101 100110011 10011101 11110111 11011111 01101101 01011101 01110001 010100101 01110111 010111010 01010101 01010001 010011101 11010011 01000101 110010101 11011101 111100110 011001010 010111001 11000111 01111101 10010001 11110101 010010101 01011101 11000101 010011101 01110111 11010101 11010101 01011011 110100101 01110111 10010101 01010101 11010101 010001001 01011111 11110001 01011011 10010011 11010101 10110101 01110101 10110101 11011101 11110001 0101011 11010101 111100101 11010001 010101001 01011111 11010111 110010101 100111001 01010111 110100111 10110001 01111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3444
- Average number of words per stanza: 589
- Amount of lines: 98
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; thy, from, with, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, the, with are repeated.
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