This is an analysis of the poem Nero's Turn that begins with:
Nero was not worried when he heard
the prophecy of the Delphic Oracle....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXcXX adcXXb XdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110111 01000010100 10110100110 11110100101 101011010 00101011 00111010 11001011010 10100100010 1010010 1010001000100 10110010 10010110011 111010110 10001011010 01101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
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- summary of Nero's Turn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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