This is an analysis of the poem Cupid And Ganymede that begins with:
In Heav'n, one Holy-day, You read
In wise Anacreon, Ganymede ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc aaaXdXeeaaffggXbgX eedXhhii hhbbhXaajjcceekkeeffaa aallhhaaa Xammhh cclliiXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,18,8,22,9,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110111 01100101 11010001 010111011 01010101 11011101 01010001 11011101 011111110 110101110 01010101 11110101 01110101 10110101 01110101 01010101 01110101 110101001 110101010 10010110 10110101 01010011 101111001 1101001000 11010101 10111111 11111101 01110101 11111111 011111001 110101001 1010101001 11111101 11010101 10110101 11110111 11010101 11010110 11100101 01111101 11110101 11010101 01010101 01010111 01010111 10110001 110101010 111101110 10011111 110101001 11110111 11111101 11011101 11011001 11010111 01010101 01011111 100111011 10110111 11011101 11111101 11110101 11111111 010010101 11010101 100110010 110111010 01010111 11111101 01011101 0101011 111101001 11110111 11010111 11110101 11010111 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 389
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 77
- 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; in, by, and, nor, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, a, and, nor are repeated.
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