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

In the silent depth of space,
Immeasurably old, immeasurably far,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcDbcX eefgehhge chhhcddhX aXeeffXffXihaiha eebBcDiicX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,9,16,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010101 010101010101 10000101 10100 1011101 00101 10 001001010 00101010 1010 1010001 01101011111 1110101 1010111 101 0011101 0110111 1110101 101011101 01110101001 1010101 10011110 01010111010 0011101 0111100001 1111100 1111100100 01111101 01010101 0110111 1110111 1110101 101010101 0010101 0101011000 110101 10010101 0111101 01110 1010011011 10111 11001110101 111001111 0100011101 010101010101 1010101 10100 111011111 0010111 001001 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, what are repeated.

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

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

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

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