This is an analysis of the poem Urania's Lover. that begins with:

O poet, thou art called to tread her ways,
Hers, mistress of the soul, Urania fair....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccabdaadeeffeedgXdhabbhagddXcbbbcbeXbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110101 0100011001 1111110100 11111011 101111 101111 0101111101 1011 1101 101101101100 110111111 0010010111 111110111 11110111 111101 001111 10010010101 111100 10110 1100110001 11010101011 10010010011 1101010111 11110111 0100011 1101001 1111010110 110101 110001 1101010100 11110110101 0111010101 1111000101 11111101 110101 010101 1001010001 111111 111001 1011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1421
  • Average number of words per stanza: 272
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; thy, so, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word all is repeated.

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