This is an analysis of the poem Darius that begins with:

The poet Phernazis is composing
the important part of his epic poem....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbaXcdeXf ccgc eaXcc gXcdc XffcbhciXhfii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,4,5,5,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101000010 00101001010 101010100 01010001001 001011001 101100110011 010001011101 01001010111 1010011001110 11101000100010 01010101010 11010101010110 10101001001 010010110 01011011010 01001010010 111111001 1011001100 0101010110 001001010110 1000010010 1111100101000 11010011101 00100100110 10011001001 100010001011011 10101001011100100 110000101010110 010101100100 111010 110000010011 00100010101010 10101001011 101011110 001001011110100 011001001001100 0101111001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, it, delay, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines poems, drunkenness are repeated).

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  • summary of Darius;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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