This is an analysis of the poem Alexandrian Kings that begins with:
The Alexandrians were gathered
to see Cleopatra's children,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcXbb dXdXceXXcbbb ab efbcggXgaXXXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,12,2,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000010 01101010 100101010 101011001101 1111000100 10011 010010100010 10101111 001001001010 1001111 00101001010 10011001 101101 1010010100 01010101001100 011001 10010011 111110101 111101 0100001101 11001001 101111010 0110110 0100001001 001001001 0100001001101010 1001101110 10101010010 1010001001010 110101011 01101011010 01010100100 11111111101 11011100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; his, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, him, the, and are repeated.
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