This is an analysis of the poem Theodotus that begins with:
If you are truly one of the select few,
watch how you acquire your power....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXXbXXXaXX XXcXcXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110100011 111010110 1101111011101 010010010100 011010 11010010110 1010111001 1011111001 1011100100111101001 101010010011 010111 01001010 111011011011 10110101010 11110100110101 011010101000100 010101010110 0100100 100101001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 383
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, your, and are repeated.
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- summary of Theodotus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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