This is an analysis of the poem Book I - Part 01 - Proem that begins with:

Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men,
Dear Venus that beneath the gliding stars ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaadbedddXdabXdcbbfgaffahbdibfjhbbgkadgckahfahhbcflbhccmdfXcacnnhfcofahhcpdalpXlclccaddcbbaobc jajahbaahmiqidfonliXdfdbXlmlqblpcbbglghbdpabbhdjabbhecalbchbcl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 98,62,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010111 1101010101 1001010101 1101110101 1101110101 11110010011 0111011101 1101110101 11010111010 1110001001 1101000011 100110011 1111011101 11011001100 1101100111 10001011101 1101110101 1101010110 1001110101 1000110101 1111110111 1101011101 10010101001 110001010101 1101111101 1001010111 01001010101 1101010101 1111110011 1101110001 1101111100 1001001110010 10001011111 0101100101 10111010101 11011100101 0101001111 0101010101 1100110101 1000010010101 1101111101 1011010111 1011010101 1001111101 1011010101 1011110001 11010100101 1001010001 1011010101 0101011101 001001000101 010101 1101 0101110001 0111010101 1101010101 100110001001 0101110101 1101110001 1101011101 110010001001 0111010101 0101000101 0101010101 1100110101 1101110101 0101100101 110010001 1101010001 1111010110 1111010101 01001111101 10001010101 110100101010 1111000101 01010100001 1001110111 1101010001 1101100101 0111010111 0111110111 1001011101 11111100010 11010110001 0101010101 1101100101 1001110001 0101111101 1101010101 0111000111 1100110111 10010010101 1101011101 1101110101 1001110101 01001110101 101010101 11010110001 1101110111 10101010101 11110101001 110110001 1111000101 1101010100 10001010101 0101110101 1101010101 11010011101 11010101010 0101110101 1101011100 0011010101 1111010111 1111010101 11011101001 1001010111 0101110010 11010100100 0101010101 1001010101 0101010111 1101010101 1111011101 11010010111 010111001101 1101011101 1101110011 1101010111 111011101 11011000001 0101010001 1111110001 1111010101 1101101111 1011110011 1101110101 11001110101 0101110101 1001111101 1101010111 01010101001 010100100101 1101010101 0111010000 1111111101 1101010101 1111011101 1101011111 1001010101 1001010101 0010010101 01001000111 01010111101 1101010001 0101010101 1100110011 1101110001 0111011111 11111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 403
  • Amount of lines: 159
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, thee, for, and, to, what are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words through, for, and, the are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Book I - Part 01 - Proem;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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