This is an analysis of the poem Inscriptions: I: For A Grotto that begins with:
To me, whom in their lays the shepherds call
Actæa, daughter of the neighbouring stream,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXacdcXeXdceXebc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0110110101 1010001001 0101011101 11001010101 0111010101 1111010101 0111111101 0101010111 1101001101 11011100111 10010101101 1101110111 1101110100 11010001111 1110110101 0111010111 1101010011 11010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 795
- Average number of words per stanza: 138
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; my is repeated.
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