This is an analysis of the poem On The Outskirts Of Antioch that begins with:

We in Antioch were astonished when we heard
what Julian was up to now....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab Xacde XfXX afge XdXecdXX fg cggX XXaebba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,4,4,8,2,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101010010111 11001101 010111101110 11010111001111 11001011000001 01011011011 01111011101 11101110 101101 1001011010100 10110011 011011101111 11111111101 0101001010 01111010110 010100111 10101101011011 1101010000100 111111110101 111111 1111101111 110101100001 01010101001000 11001010110011 110110001011010 11001011001 01111001010 11010010 1101010101010 10010100101 100010111001 1111111010 110101111 010011111 0010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • 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; we, to, him, in, and are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of On The Outskirts Of Antioch;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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