This is an analysis of the poem The Anabasis that begins with:
In Mem. L. N. L. Ob. MCMXXXII
Noble beyond degree...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abcdeeffedggddXdeeaebabbeehhaecbccccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,37,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111111 100101 000100 110111 100110 001101 110101 111111 100011 10111 01010 001101 1011101 101001 011101 11000 011111 100101 0100011 100101 010111 011100 111101 0100100 010100 111111 1101 110111 011111 110000 111001 11011 1010100 111101 110001 01011 110111 111000
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
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- summary of The Anabasis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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