This is an analysis of the poem An Hymn To The Morning that begins with:

ATTEND my lays, ye ever honour'd nine,
Assist my labours, and my strains refine;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddeeXXcceebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01111101001 0111011101 0101010101 1101010111 0101110101 1111110101 01100110101 1101010101 010010101101 1011110101 1101110101 0111000101 0101010101 11110101010 0101010001 0111001101 100110100101 01010010101 1111010111 11100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 865
  • Average number of words per stanza: 148
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

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