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

WHERE suns chase suns in rhythmic dance,
Where seeds are springing from the dust,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae fXfX gXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 11110001 11110101 11011101 11010101 110100111 11111101 11111101 11010101 11010011 10011111 11011101 10010101 010101100 01110001 011101100 01111101 11111111 11110101 01110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; where is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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