This is an analysis of the poem In Vita Minerva that begins with:
VEX not the Muse with idle prayers,--
She will not hear thy call;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cXcX bebe fafa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 101111 11011101 111111 11011111 1001010 110100101 0101110 110101011 010111 11010101 011110 11011101 111101 11010111 011101 10110111 0101011 11110101 1100111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; not is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.
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