This is an analysis of the poem The Inn Of Apollo that begins with:

Have you supped at the Inn of Apollo,
While the last light fades from the West?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcba bccca Xdbda eeeea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010010 10111001 1010011011 1101011 1110110010 110111011 01001011 101110011 1100111 1110110010 101110010 11101011 0011011111 1001001 1110110010 11100101010 11001001 1010110010 01001011 1110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, as, that are repeated.

    The author used the same word was at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word apollo at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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