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

O Venus, beauty of the skies,
To whom a thousand temples rise,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb ccddee Xbddff ggcccc cchhdd aaaXgg hhiiaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 01010101 1010101 1010101 11001101 01011101 01011101 01010101 01001101 01010111 01110101 011100101 11110101 11010101 01110101 100011101 101101111 111100101 01011101 11110101 11010101 0100100101 11110111 11111011 11001101 11110001 11011101 10110101 11110101 11110111 11111101 11111101 111100101 11011101 111101111 10110001 01010011 11010101 01011111 111000101 101101010 111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; their, what, thy, he are repeated.

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

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