This is an analysis of the poem Solution that begins with:

I am the Muse who sung alway
By Jove, at dawn of the first day.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbccddeeffgghh eeibbijjiiccffdd Xkkkklbbmm bbffiiccddinnicc iilXoonnddaa pp
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,10,16,12,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 11110011 11110111 010010101 11011101 11111101 10010111 110101111 110100101 11100101 10100101 11011101 1111111 1010011 11111101 11110101 1010001 11011111 11110101 1010101 0110101 10111101 0010101 0100101101 1110111 1011101 1110101 11010101 1010100 11110111 11010101 1111101 10010100 111001010 10101110 011101110 10010100 11110101 11010011 101101001 01110101 1010111 10011101 1010101 01101101 010100101 11011101 01010011 0101011 11010101 01011101 11010101 01110111 11110101 1100011 11010101 10110101 00111101 01010111 01011101 11011101 11010110 11110101 1110101 1110111 10110111 110100101 01110111 10010101 01010001 110100101 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 414
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Solution;
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  • history of its creation;
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