This is an analysis of the poem Eros Turannos that begins with:

She fears him, and will always ask
What fated her to choose him; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccXb Xbdbeeeb cbcbcccb fgfghhhg cdfdgggdXdgdgdddg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 1100011 11000101 1100011 11111111 11110100 11000101 0101011 01011000 11110011 11101110 0101111 01100011 10000101 11110101 1111011 01010111 01011001 01010111 10011011 11010111 11111101 11010001 1111011 01010100 0100010 01010101 0100010 11110111 01011111 11011101 1000010 11110111 0101010 10010001 0111010 11110101 01011111 10111010 1111110 11111111 1001110 11010111 1101110 11110010 11010101 11011001 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; him, she, that, and, have, like are repeated.

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

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

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