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

OF bodies chang'd to various forms, I sing:
Ye Gods, from whom these miracles did spring,...

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1121,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 34768
  • Average number of words per stanza: 4291
  • Amount of lines: 1127
  • 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; and, they, to, of, his, nor, from, her, with, in, i, he, their, oh, so, my, one, she, thy, what, but, by, be, him are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no, nor, and, new, e're, from, his, or, if, one, she, he, thus, her, by, let, 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 words/phrases stay, connect the lines.

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  • summary of Metamorphoses: Book The First;
  • central theme;
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