This is an analysis of the poem Daphne To Apollo. Imitated From The First Book Of Ovid's Metamorphosis that begins with:

Apollo.
Abate, fair fugitive, abate thy speed, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccbb d b eebb a ffb d b a c d c a g d hhii a j d gg a kil d iimXm a n d cn a bb d ooll a iib d bkkppcccnnoobbfqlliilqmXrriXfffrrXfffiijjppss aannXbbllik
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,1,4,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,2,1,3,1,5,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,4,1,3,1,45,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010 0111000111 0111111101 0101010101 1101110101 1001110001 1111111111 10 01 0101011111 1111010101 11011111101 1010011101 010 1101110111 1111110111 1101110001 10 1111111101 010 1001010111 10 1101011011 010 01010011 10 01 1101010101 1111110101 1111010101 010 11 10 11010101 1001110001 010 010011101010 0101010101 1101 10 100101 1101011101 1111010001 0101111101 1100011001 010 1101110101 10 1111011101 01001010111 010 0011110101 1001110001 10 1101111111 0101010111 1111110101 1101010101 010 1111011101 011100101 1111111101 10 1111010101 11010111010 11100101010 1011011011 1101111011 1010011111 0101011101 0101010111 1101110111 1111111101 1101001101 1101111111 1011110101 1101110101 1101010011 1111110100 1101001111 1111010001 0101001101 1101011101 1 110 11101 1101011101 1101110011 111110111 0111011101 1101010110 1010110111 10101010101 1011011101 1101110111 1101000101 1101111101 0110011101 1101111101 1111011111 1101011111 1101111111 1001010101 10111011101 111110011 1111010101 1111011101 1101010101 11111101110 11001011010 1111001101 0111110111 11110100101 1101001101 1101010101 1101011101 1011010101 11000100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 38
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 136
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; thy, or, you, that, some, your are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases i, fourscore connect the lines.

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