This is an analysis of the poem Colemira : A Culinary Eclogue that begins with:

Insensible of soft desire,
Behold Colemira prove... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xcda ccee fffX eedd dagg ddXX adhh hhhh eeXX iiXX jjff cchh gekk adXd hhcc eegg bbhX hhffXegg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010001010 0110001 110001010 1001001 11011101100 1101110101 1111011101 11010101010 1011010101 0101011101 0101010001 1101110101 0101010101 1011010101 1101010101 110100010100 1111101101 0111011111 11100011101 1111111111 1111110101 100110101010 01110101101 0111010111 1111010101 10010010111 1101010101 1001010110 11111100010 0111010101 1111011101 1011010101 1011110101 1101001101 1111001111 0101110111 1101110101 1001111101 1111010101 1111111101 1001110101 1111000101 1111110101 1111110101 1101111101 0111010101 1101111101 1111110111 1101010101 1101110101 111111001 1111011101 1101010101 11010100001 0111110101 100101110001 11110101010 1011010101 11111111010 1111111111 0101010111 1011011100 1011110111 1101010101 1011011101 0101010101 11110101110 11111011010 1111110101 1101010011 11111101010 01110001010 1111011001 0100010101 1111011101 0111111001 11010111001 0101010101 110101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; how, thy, of, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, her, when, or are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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