This is an analysis of the poem Unfaithfulness that begins with:

When Thetis and Peleus got married
Apollo stood up at the sumptuous wedding feast...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcaXXdaXdddedfacXfbXXec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110110 0101110100101 110101 1011110110 1001010111 101000110 0110010 010010100100 1010100100101 1101011 111001110011 10010011 11111010001 101010111 1010101 11110 10001 100101001101 11101010110 1101011 1100011011010 11101001 101010101001 11101 100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 945
  • Average number of words per stanza: 172
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Unfaithfulness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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