This is an analysis of the poem Palmyra (2nd Edition) that begins with:
---anankta ton pantôn huperbal-
lonta chronon makarôn.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXX ababccddeeeeffaaaaddee ghghijiXekekX hheeiiaajjfeheiiaalljeeejeddddffhjjhddXe fjfjjmjmak eeiijjeekaii fefeeeccejjeannbab eeeeoohhpepejaja iikqqaXidi lljjeeijiXepepjXffeenn oioiefefdhdhjjacca fjfjeieiiXjjjjee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,22,13,40,10,12,18,16,10,22,18,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011100 101010 10111 1000101 1101101 1010101 10010101 1111101 1110111 10101101 1011101 1010101 1010111 1010101 10011101 1010101 1010101 10101001 1011111 11010101 11010101 01010101 11110101 1110101 1010101 1101110011 11001010101 1101111111 0101010101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010111 11111101000 01010101001 10110001010 11010100101 11011101010 11110101001100 010110101 011001001 01010101 01110101 01010101 110011101 11011101 11010101 10110101 01010101 11010101 01001111 11011101 11110101 01001101 01001101 11110101 11111101 11010111 01010101 11100101 1111010101 10010101 010101001 1100101 1100101 101010101 01010001 111101001 11010101 101010011 11110101 0100010101 110101001 101010101 1011110101 11110101 10000101 11010111010 110101110101 11010101 01001010100 11100101 01000101 11110001 11110001 0101011111 010100101 1101010001 0101011101010 11011111 01011101 110110101 1110101 11110101 01111101 11010101 11010111 100101010 1010101 01110101 11010101 110011001 11011101 01010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 11001001 01010101 11011101 010000101 11010101 01010001 11011101 10010111 01000101 010101 011111001 010011 10010101 010101 11010111 101101 110101001 01010101 110100101 11010101 10011001 11001001 1011101 1011101 11010101 110101001 11110101 01010111 00100111 1110011 110101010 11110111 110100101 1111111101 110100101001 1011001 01001110011 0011100111 11010111 110100111 110111001 11010101 11010101 01010101 11010001 11010101 11010101 1110010000 11110101 010110001 11001101 110100001 110101001 111101000 111101101 01010101 11110101 01010001 11110101 01010111 010110101 11010111 011110101 11010111 010110101 110101010 01110101 110101010 01110111 11010101 010001001 110010001 010101001 01010001 1101010101 1010111001001 11110001 111101110111 11110111 001011101 01011101 01100100 11110101 100001001 11110101 010100101 110100111 11000100 01010101 10010101 11001001 01010101 11010101 100101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 623
- Average number of words per stanza: 102
- Amount of lines: 202
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; by, more, in, and, these are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, the, and, swift, these are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Palmyra (2nd Edition);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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