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

NOT that on me the Cyprian fury fell,
Last martyr of my love-ensanguined race;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cacXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11110100101 11001110001 11110100101 1111010111 1111010111 1001111101 1101010001 1111010101 1111111101 1111110111 0111110101 1101011001 1011111101 01110100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.

    The author used the same word not at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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