This is an analysis of the poem The Argument Of His Book that begins with:

THE ARGUMENT OF HIS BOOK
I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabbbXbbccddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0100001 11010101110 01010110110 1101111101 01001101101 1101011111 1101010100 1101011111 0101011100 1101110111 1101111101 1101010111 0101100101 1101111101 01011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 644
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, i are repeated.

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