This is an analysis of the poem On The Platonic 'Ideal' As It Was Understood By Aristotle. (Translated From Milton) that begins with:

Ye sister Pow'rs who o'er the sacred groves
Preside, and, Thou, fair mother of them all... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXXcXdaXXXXefdbbghXedXchadXXhdhaddafadcXhg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011100101 0111110001 100111011 0101110101 0111010001 1101010001 0100011101 1101001101 0001010101 100010001 011011100 11000111110 1100010101 1110010111 0101000101 0111010101 1001000111 0101010100 0101011111 1011110101 110101011 01010101100 0111110111 1111010011 0111010001 0101010111 10001011101 0101010001 1001011101 0101010110 0101010101 010101001 01000101001 110110100111 0100010100 1101100101 1101110111 1101000100 0101010011 1111010001 0100000101 0100010101 1001110101 0101011001 0101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1811
  • Average number of words per stanza: 311
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; of is repeated.

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