This is an analysis of the poem John Kantakuzinos Triumphs that begins with:

He sees the fields that still belong to him:
the wheat, the animals, the trees laden with fruit;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abac de adfX fgfgdda fecbXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110101 010100011001 101000101 10110100101 11010101111101 01011 11000011011 01111101111100 10100110111010 11111110110100 1111011101010 01011000110100 1110110101100100 100110101010 01001001010100 110100101010010 100000100110100 10111011110 1111101110101 011001001001 001010010110110 0001010010 0011010001001 010011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; him, her, and, his are repeated.

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

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  • summary of John Kantakuzinos Triumphs;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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