This is an analysis of the poem Endimion And Phoebe (Excerpts) that begins with:

In Ionia whence sprang old poets' fame,
From whom that sea did first derive her name,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXdeebbffgghhiijXkklleeeehhmmgghXddnnjXggggjjXXeehhnXXXnnjXhhcbgghheeggoobXpXppbbjXkkggqqggrrXjllX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 101,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011111 0111010101 011100101 100101010 1100111000 1101010100 0011010101 1001100101 0101010101 1001010101 1011100101 010101011 0110010101 1101010101 1111010101 0101110001 1001110101 11010100101 1101010101 0101101000 1101000101 0101110101 0101110101 1101010101 0101010101 1101011101 1111010110 11010010101 1011010101 1011010001 1101010111 1001010101 0101110101 0100100101 1100110101 110001101100 1111011100 0101010100 010010100101 0101010101 11001010101 1101001000 1101001101 0101010101 10011100101 1111010111 0101010101 01011001001 11010101100 110101011110 1001011101 1011000101 0101010101 1011110101 01001100001 0101010100 1011000101 1101011000 1101010001 1111010001 01110101010 11000111000 0101100101 01010100101 10001011100 0101110101 0101010101 1101011101 0101010111 0110010011 10001010101 110101101 111101001 0101010011 1111010001 111011101 1001010101 0101010100 1101001101 1101010010 1001010101 1111011001 100010101 100110101 100011101 0101010100 0111010101 1011110001 1011010111 1011011111 1101010001 1001110101 11111001001 1101100001 1101010010 10111101010 1101010101 01010101001 010010001 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4441
  • Average number of words per stanza: 709
  • Amount of lines: 101
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, with, and, endymion are repeated.

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