This is an analysis of the poem Envoys From Alexandria that begins with:

They had not seen, for ages, such beautiful gifts in Delphi
as these that had been sent by the two brothers,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbcbdX XXXcdaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111011001010 11110110110 010101011011010 110010010010100101 11010000100010 100110110001 111101011 1010100010010 11010101111011 110100101001111111 1101001011001 0110101001 1110110001 11010101001001 11110111010100111 0100110010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 435
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; had, they, of are repeated.

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

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