This is an analysis of the poem To Mr. Addison On His Opera Of Rosamond that begins with:

______ Ne fortè pudori
Sit tibi Musa lyræ solers, & cantor Apollo.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aabbcXddee ffggggbbbb bbgghhiicc jjbbeeggXb aajjbbaahhXiibbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,10,10,10,10,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111100 1111011010010 0101010101 0101110001 100110001 01001011001 1101010101 1011110100 1111001101 1110011101 0111110101 1101011101 1111110101 1101010101 1100110101 0101111011 1011010101 1101010101 11110100111 1101110101 1111010101 01001110101 01001110101 0101100101 1011011101 11010001101 1101010101 11011100101 1101110101 11011110101 1111010101 0101010101 1111111101 0101010101 1111010001 11001011101 1101010101 10001111101 1101110001 1101010101 11010101110 1111010011 0111011111 1111010101 1101010101 1101011100 0111100101 0101110011 1101010101 1101010111 10001010111 1111011101 1101010101 11010101001 1011001001 1101011101 1111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, the, when are repeated.

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