This is an analysis of the poem Venus Mistaken that begins with:
When Cloe's Picture was to Venus shown;
Surpriz'd, the Goddess took it for Her own.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa XXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111010101 10001010101 1111101101 1111011101 1101110101 1111100101 111111111 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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- summary of Venus Mistaken;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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