This is an analysis of the poem Amor that begins with:
This is the fire of Hestia's careful hearth;
The flame that fed on many-towered Troy;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaX bXXb cbbXcbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 00010010101 0111110101 1001010101 0101010010 00010111001 10001010000 0101000100 01110001001 0001010111 1001010111 11110001101 1101101101 11100100101 11010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Amor;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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