Number and character of metrical "feet."
Accent and quantity, the spondee.
Scan selected lines, compare with classic hexameter.
Compare hexameter with other verse-forms.
Character of rhyme, compare with other poems.
Presence and use of alliteration.
Musical.
Examine for lightness and speed; trochee, dactyl, polysyllables.
Examine for dignity; iambus, monosyllables.
Number of syllables in individual lines.