This is an analysis of the poem Bacchus [excerpt] that begins with:
I am the gift of tongues that flame
Inspired resolve above:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef dghg ijik lala hada mjmk lXcc nXnX icic jljl Xono djdj fafa pjpkXlmlm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010111 0100101 110010101 110101 10111001 011101 01010100 100101 11010111 110101 11000111 010011 10010110 111101 11010100 110101 11110111 110101 11000101 1101010 11010101 100001 11010101 011101 11010100 110111 101110101 010101 11011101 110101 11010101 110100 11110101 111000 11010101 111001 11000111 111100 11010011 11100 11011101 010111 10110101 110100 11010011 111101 11111101 011111 11111111 1110101 110100101 110101 11011101 0101001 010101001 0100101 1101111 010001 110100101 110101 01110111 110101 010100101 1100010 01111111 1101011 1011001001 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; of, my, no, and, for, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, no, in are repeated.
The author used the same words no, i, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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