This is an analysis of the poem The Cloud Chorus that begins with:

SOCRATES SPEAKS
Hither, come hither, ye Clouds renowned, and unveil yourselves...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdcXccd e cfcfgagachccchijcjjicccbebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,27,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011 10110110110110 1 111110101001001 1101100101000101 110110111010101 110111101 1010100101 110011011111111 011 0101001001 00100100101 101111111 101101111 1111011101 1010110101 1010110111 10100100101 11001001001 10111 1111110111 0110101101 001001010111 10101 1111101101 111110101 0010010111 010100101 1010100101 1010011111 10100101111 1010110111 10100111001 010010010010 101011010001 101001011010 1010100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; or, whether, and, on, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, dewy, on, let, and are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word sing at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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