This is an analysis of the poem Dionysus that begins with:

I bring ye wine from above,
From the vats of the storied sun;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdececdfXfgbgbghghehehcfcfijijkdkdebeb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001 00100101 11001011 1111001 11111110 11101011 001010010 01001001 011111 10101001 10101101 0101000 110011010 010101 11101010 1111111 1101010 1100101 11101010 011101 1111110 11001001 11001010 1100101 1111011 0101111 0100100 0101111 11010110 01001001 111010110 010101 10111110 0101001 11010110 1101011 1111111 1101001 1101011 0101101 1111001 00101001 01001101 111111111 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 685
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; i, of, and, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ye, the, i, in are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Dionysus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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