This is an analysis of the poem Thebaid that begins with:
Here is the solitude
Unknown to Stylites or Anthony;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcbdcaX aaedXdd XdXeaXXeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101 010011100 010101010 110111 100101001 1111010011 1111010111 1101011 0111010101 10010001 0101010100 1011111 010111 110010100 010010100 010011010 1111 110101100110 1101010011 111110001 110111 0101010001000 110101 11000101100 0101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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 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 here at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Thebaid;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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