This is an analysis of the poem Campaspe that begins with:
Turn from the ways of this Woman! Campaspe we call her by name -
She is fairer than flowers of the fire -... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacddee ffcccc eXeggbgb eeXeeXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,8,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100100101011011 10101100010 101011001 101111001 001001001 101101101001001001 01111011001101001 1100101001001111 111001001011010101 001001001001001001 10100100101001001 11001001101001001 011011001011001011 01111101101011111 1001111011001001 110111110 101101001 110110010001101001 00101001011001011 110010010110110010 11110100110 0011010010 110110111101101001 11001001111011101 1011010110 001101101 1010010110101001001 0101101011101111 01001101011011010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 444
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, in, for, she, her, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Campaspe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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