This is an analysis of the poem Hymn To Physical Pain that begins with:
Dread Mother of Forgetfulness
Who, when Thy reign begins,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cXcd caca efef XXXX bdbd ghgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11001000 111101 10010101 1100001 0101111 0111010 11010101 001001 11010101 110111 110101011 010100 10010001 110011 11011111 110101 10010010 110101 1111101110 111011100 11110101 1110001 10010101 0111001 100111001 111111 11011111 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word thine at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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