This is an analysis of the poem To Health (From The Greek) that begins with:

Eldest born of powers divine!
Bless'd Hygeia! be it mine... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddeeeeffccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101001 1110001 0011111 1110101 10100100 11100100 1010001 1110101 10111001 00101101 1010101 0010001 111100101 1010011 1010101 1011101 0111101 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 532
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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