This is an analysis of the poem Metamorphoses: Book The Fifth that begins with:

WHILE Perseus entertain'd with this report
His father Cepheus, and the list'ning court,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaabbbbddeebbbbffghaaggbbeeiiggaaggaajkaallmmaannbbmmbbddooffaappaaggnnccaaiibbbXbccXbcicbbggqapaaparppppnXccggXaiiXXppppnXffbbssddbbbbbbllbbaacXXbbXbooppiibbbbbssssrrccXXggiibbbccddXabbbbnnbcbiiXsnpaagiiaappbbddiissppXXccnnbbccnnppcXppssaapXddlliimm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1045,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 32708
  • Average number of words per stanza: 4101
  • Amount of lines: 1051
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, his, with, so, and, thy, he, your, their, i, our, of, her, my, she, as, or, thou, from are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, who, his, and, their, the, these, her, or, a, my, your, are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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