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

I Sing the Man that never Equal knew,
Whose Mighty Arms all Asia did subdue, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeccfXgg hhiiXhddffggjjhhjjiicc kkffiXeeffeehhggeeeecc ggeehhhheeXjeeeeffeeXXXffccgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,22,22,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 1101110001 1111010111 1101010101 1101110001 1100010101 0001011001 0101010101 1101011101 010110001 0111111001 1101010100 11110011101 1101001010 11001000101 1111110101 1101111101 1101010101 1101001101 1011110101 1000011100 0111010101 0111110101 1111011101 0111001101 1111011101 1100110111 0110110001 0011011101 1101110100 11010011101 1111111011 1011011001 1011010101 1111111110 1001110101 0101011101 1111011101 1101010111 1001100101 1101010111 01001011101 10101011101 1101011101 1011010101 0111010111 1101011101 1011111001 1111001101 1100111101 0101001111 1001010101 11010101001 1001011111 1010100101 1101110101 1111101101 0111000111 1101010101 1011011101 0101111101 1011001001 01010101010 01010111010 1010010111 1101010101 1101110101 1101110111 1101011001 0100011101 0101110101 11110011101 0101010101 1101011001 1100011101 1101110001 0101001111 1111011101 1111010001 1101100101 1101010101 0111001101 101111001 1001011101 0100100101 1100010101 1111110101 1101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 769
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • 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; thou, their, she, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words whose, and are repeated.

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

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