This is an analysis of the poem Dangerous Things that begins with:

Said Myrtias (a Syrian student
in Alexandria; in the reign of...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdeXbXaaedcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 110010010 0101000010 010101010100 01010101010 1000110110 11111101010 111110010001 001010 00110100010 001001001101 101101011 111100101 1110110110 11001011101 1101011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 561
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; in is repeated.

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

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