This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Captain Paery that begins with:

'By the North Pole, I do challenge thee!'
From 'Love's Labour's Lost.' ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
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  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 65
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 260
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; to, of, or, there's are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, with, 'tis, and, think, to, their are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ', to, is are repeated).

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