This is an analysis of the poem Atalanta's Race that begins with:

Through thick Arcadian woods a hunter went,
Following the beasts upon a fresh spring day; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcc dedeXcX fafaagg ahahhhh dddddee idiXdaa jejeek bhXhggdd akabbhh adaddff dedeeee dddddee aeaeedd cXcddaa hlheemm ddXddee dndnnff fXfbbdd dfdffaa ococcmm ahahhbk bhXhhhh dadaaee fafaabb jmjmmgg dedeekb dhdhhbb iXiffbX hkhbkii gggggaa jdjdddd hdhddaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,6,8,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 97
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 679
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and, he, his, they, her, thou, to, of, be, i, no, men, their, thy, had, now, for, she, so, this, why are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, a, or, o, where, but, such, this are repeated.

    The author used the same words but, and, o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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