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

PRELUDE
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdcddadXaXececcfcfXXghghhihjXXdadaaXaXab bkakaalallXcacXacaccXdldllclccXdmimmcXccbahXhhahaabgggXgcgccXaaaaacXccXgagaababbXeaeaahahheXncnnanaXbkakaakakXXggggghghhX bcbcbbgbXgXeaXaacXccXcgcgggXggXkokoopoppbolollllllbdkdkkkkkXXqnqnngnggXagagXagaaXglgllalX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,41,121,191,191,271,91,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5471
  • Average number of words per stanza: 931
  • Amount of lines: 907
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, their, of, and, then, no, her, to, if, fallen, his, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words then, the, and, there, where, its, no, their, her, they, or, with, what, if, his, o, yet are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines i is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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

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