This is an analysis of the poem In Sparta that begins with:
He didn't know, King Kleomenis, he didn't dare—
he just did not know how to tell his mother...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXabcaX XaXXbd dXaaXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111001101 11011101010 01101100010 01011101111010 10111010 0100101010001 11100101111101 110101111 100100101011 110101110010 1101010110010 1111001111 0111010011 110100101 110010101101011 011111010 1010010101010 100111010101 01010101 1000101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, he, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and are repeated.
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