This is an analysis of the poem An Imitation Of Spenser that begins with:

Golden Apollo, that thro' heaven wide
Scatter'st the rays of light, and truth's beams,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcXccdeXeebebe fgfgXfgg hihiihii egedgagag iXijXajXjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,8,8,9,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001011101 100101111 0101110101 1111010111 1101010101 1101010011 1011011101 1111011101 1101100101 1101011110 01001011101 1011100110 1100010101 1101011101 1001110101 1101111101 0101000101 1101001110001 111001011 1101000101 1111110111 10001010111 1101001000 1100010111 1101010101 1100100010111 0110010101 11110010101 110111111101 1101000101 1011001101 1011111101 1101010001 1101110101 1100011101 1101000111 1011010101 011110110 1101010001 1001010101 110110111 11000110101 1011111101 11110010100 1001000101 1001010100 1101010101 0101010100 11110100101 1101010101 111110110 01010010101 1110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 457
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; thy, and are repeated.

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

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