This is an analysis of the poem The Goddess In The Wood that begins with:

In a flowered dell the Lady Venus stood,
Amazed with sorrow. Down the morning one ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddc eefeef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 00101010101 0101010101 11010010111 1111111101 11001111101 01011101001 1101010101 1101110101 10110100110 011100101010 1011011101 11110101010 001011001010 1001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and is repeated.

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