This is an analysis of the poem A Hymn To The Graces that begins with:

When I love, as some have told
Love I shall, when I am old,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcdeeXfXXffcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 1111111 1110111 1010000 1111100 01011100 11110001 1010101 1010110 1011100 10001110 110100 1111101 1011101 1010111 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 448
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of A Hymn To The Graces;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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