This is an analysis of the poem Thelema And Macareus that begins with:

Thelema's lively, all admire
Her charms, but she's too full of fire;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccddcceefXccaaaaggcceecchXaXaafXaahhccdXaaaXccccbaeeccXXXahXhhggeecchXeehhXXhhXgaaccXXeehhccfXccbbiiaahhhhddffddjjfXiikkccddllccaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 132,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 011111010 01010101 01010001 01010101 01100101 00010101 11110101 10111101 11010001 01000101 11001000 01111111 10111111 11011111 10010111 01010111 11010111 11010101 10011001 01000101 10110101 01011111 01010101 01111110 11010111 1101001010 110001100 10110101 01111110 10111001 10011101 10010001 11111101 10010101 100010101 01010101 11010101 011110101 11110101 11011111 111101010 010010001 11110111 10010101 11000110 01100101 0111010 11101101 11010101 101101010 01111101 11110101 01011101 11010101 11011101 111101010 010101010 011101110 11010111 10110101 11110111 10110001 11000111 10111111 01111111 11111101 10011101 01111110 01000100 11111111 11011110 01010111 010101001 11010101 10111101 011011010 10011111 10011001 11010011 11011101 11100111 10011101 110111101 11010001 11001101 101100111 010101110 11001101 10110101 011011010 101111010 11111101 11110101 11011101 01010100 10011101 11011011 101100010 111101010 110100101 11010011 11011001 10111101 1100010010 00011101 01011111 11001011 11011001 11011101 100011101 0110001 11111101 01010011 10111101 11011100 10110111 11100010 11011101 10010101 01110101 10010101 11010101 100100101 11001111 11111111 10010111 01101101 11101101 11010101 01110111 10110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4585
  • Average number of words per stanza: 867
  • Amount of lines: 132
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; her, he, she, of, and, though are repeated.

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

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