This is an analysis of the poem Du Bartas, His Divine Weeks And Works (Excerpt) that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aX aX bX bX cX cX dX XX cX cX eX eX fX fX eX eX eX eX dX dX eX eX gX gX hX h XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11110111010 1 111010101010 1 1111100111 1 1011001101 1 1101011101 1 01001011111 1 0101010101 1 11011111000 1 10111111101 1 11010011001 1 11110100110 1 01110001110 1 10010101010 1 01010110010 1 11110011101 1 1111110101 1 1100101101010 1 01011101010 1 111110101 1 0101010011 1 1111110101 1 10001010011 1 10010111001 1 1101010101 1 1111110101 1 1101101001 011001101 001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 50
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word 2 at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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