This is an analysis of the poem Alexander And Lycon that begins with:
‘What, no crown won,
These two whole years,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbX aXX abbbbaa aaccXddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 1110 1101010101 011100 11 1111011101 1111010100 111011001 011101110101 11010111 1001 010101 10111100001 1101010001 110011 11 11110111001101 11000101 110111 00101 11010100010 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Alexander And Lycon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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