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

Theseus requests the God to tell his woes,
Whence his maim'd brow, and whence his groans arose...

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1037,1,4,
  • 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: 32434
  • Average number of words per stanza: 4046
  • Amount of lines: 1043
  • 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; his, whence, your, my, he, with, and, of, i, she, her, to, in, not, how, such, then, thy, for, thee, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words whence, where, and, the, he, in, still, ev'n, my, like, nor, shou'd, all, her, 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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