This is an analysis of the poem The Judgement Of Hercules that begins with:

While blooming Spring descends from genial skies,
By whose mild influence instant wonders rise;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddeeaa ffaabbee gghhiiiihhee eeaaaaaajj eeeeaaXkeeeeeeeeeeee aaeehhiieeglggeehhaaiihhmmiieeeejjaa eeeeiieeaaeeaammeehhhhaajjeenneehhhkkmm eeeehh aahhddaaaagg bbaahhmmaammkkaabbmmjjXhmm oohhggjjeXhhggeeaaaagg Xaeeaaccii ggnnbbjjbbooaa eennhhkkpphhn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,8,12,10,20,36,39,6,12,26,22,10,14,20,12,12,22,20,10,12,8,6,2,12,12,4,10,12,24,8,26,16,28,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 35
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 684
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 524
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; of, their, her, that, in, with, she, to, each, my, his, thy, and, i, nor, your, may, when, than, some are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, her, she, its, to, where, for, some, thy, what, nor, till, one, when, i, and, his, that, not, a, let, thine, loved, he are repeated.

    The author used the same word 'let at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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