This is an analysis of the poem With A Guitar, To Jane that begins with:

Ariel to Miranda:-- Take
This slave of music, for the sake... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcddeeffeeddeeggbbhXeeggiibceeggjjkkllXX jjmmeejjkkbbeehhbXeeXkkkkkkXkkddffbbggjjhhbbggee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,48,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10000101 01010101 01100101 11010100 01111101 10010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 0111101 1100101010 011101010 1100101001 01011101 11001101 110010101 01000101 1010101 0010101 11100101 1011101 1010100 1110101 0010001 0110001 1010100 1110111 1101101 100111001 01010100 1010101 11011110 110111001 11111110 101001001 0010101 11010110 01011100 0010101 01110101 10101010 010101011 01010101 010101001 1011101 01001101 1010101 1011101 11010101 110010101 110101110 110100110 11011101 1111110 1011111 010100101 010110101 01010101 11010001 01110100 01010111 100010001 11000111 11010101 10111100 0011001 00101010 1010110 01010001 01010101 01000111 01000101 110011101 11010101 110101001 110100101 1011101 11100101 10011011 01110101 01010100 01010001 00010111 01110101 11110001 11001101 11010100 1010011 010101001 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1447
  • Average number of words per stanza: 265
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • 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; of, your, and, some, in are repeated.

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

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

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