This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Furies that begins with:

Up and lead the dance of Fate!
Lift the song that mortals hate! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcdcdefeef ghhXiidg bccbff daidaee XiiXijj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,8,6,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1110101 1011101 1111111 1010101 10100111 1111111 1110111 1010101 1011101 11101101 1000011 01100101 01010101 10110101 1001101 1011100 00101010 0101 1110101 10000101 1000101 01010101 110000101 01010101 11110001 10011101010 100111101010 111111 101011 1001000111 01000101 100110001101 11110101 11000110111 110111 110111 10110101001 1100101 11110111 1101001101 1101110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1419
  • Average number of words per stanza: 246
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; our is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, whene'er are repeated.

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  • summary of Song Of The Furies;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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