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

I
All you that are enamored of my name ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccb bXcb dbbdbd X effeeXae ghhghg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,6,1,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1111010011 11011111010 01110111010 1000111101 0111010101 0101111101 11010100010 0111110111 1110110111 0101101111 0111011111 01010010101 0101001111 1110111111 1 1101110101 1101000100 0111010100 1100010001 1111111101 0111110100 0111111100 0101010001 1001111111 11010000101 1101011101 1111010111 0101010101 10010000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, to are repeated.

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

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