This is an analysis of the poem The Origin Of Cupid -- A Fable that begins with:

ON IDA'S mount the gods were met,
A sportive, jolly, noisy set, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccddbb eeffgg XXeeaa ddhhbb eeeeii ggeeffeebb iiaajjcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,10,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01010101 01010101 01010111 11010111 11111101 01011101 010101101 11010101 010010001 11010101 11001111 11010101 10011101 11011111 01011101 100101010 010111110 110101010 010101010 01011101 01111101 1101010100 10101010100 1101000001 10011001 10111101 10010101 01010101 11010101 110101010 110101010 01010101 010111001 11010101 11010111 110101010 110101110 01011101 01010101 1011100101 101011101 11010101 01010111 01011101 111101001 010010111 11110101 11010111 11000101 11100101 11010101 10110110 001101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; his, to are repeated.

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  • summary of The Origin Of Cupid -- A Fable;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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