This is an analysis of the poem Bion that begins with:
The wail of Moschus on the mountains crying
The Muses heard, and loved it long ago;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXabab acaXac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01010101010 0101110101 11010001010 1101010101 11010101010 0111010111 11010101110 0101010111 11011101010 110010101 01110011010 1011011100 11110010110 1111000111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; heard, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, they are repeated.
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- summary of Bion;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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