This is an analysis of the poem To Mr. John Rouse, Librarian Of The University Of Oxford. (Translated From Milton) that begins with:

Strophe I
My two-fold Book! single in show... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeeffdghg XddhdifiXiffd XXddeffjbcgcfcg XdhhckcddfXfX Xffcfghhelgkkdk Xfhmmjbkddhm XkahhmdkddhlhXXmcfm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,13,15,13,15,12,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11111001 110010 111100001 100101 0101110101 111101001 11011001 110111 10110101 110101 111101 100 11011101 10110101 11100101 01111 11111100100 0111000101 10010 11010101001 001010 1001101 11010100 0100010 11 1111100 11010101 010101 1100110101 001001 110110101 1100010101 010101 101101 01001110101 101101 101001 110101 110101010101 100 11111111 101101 1100011101 011101 01111101 111001 01001110001 0100 1101010101 111101 010111101 1001010101 11 110101101 111100 11101011 0101010101 1001 1101010001 111100100 0110001 11000100101 1101010101 1111111001 0100001101 0001010001 1101110101 100 1100101 010101 10111000101 1001 1101011001 0101 1101010101 1111110101 111101 01000101 01010010111 10 11111101 110111 10001010101 0111010101 11010101 1011011101 11010101 1101 11011000101 110101 01110101 1101001101 110101 011100 11010001 1011101 1010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 451
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 99
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase recall connects the lines.

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