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

Through female subtlety intense,
Or the good luck of innocence,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffggaahhiiiiXXffXfaacciijjgXeeeeiiccddiiccddii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110001 10010100 11110111 01110111 100100111 11101101 01001111 10010101 01010111 01011100 01010101 11011101 11111111 11010101 11110110 11110101 11110111 11011101 11100111 11010100 01010111 10110101 01010100 11010101 11010101 11110101 11110110 10010101 11111111 11110101 110000101 11010111 111011001 110110001 11111101 01111101 11100111 11111100 10011111 01011011 11011101 11010101 11110111 11110101 11011101 11010001 11011101 11101111 11110011 01110111 11111101 11110111 100000101 11011101 11010101 1001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1931
  • Average number of words per stanza: 361
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, not, i are repeated.

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

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

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