This is an analysis of the poem Variations Of Greek Themes that begins with:
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A HAPPY MAN... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abX aacc ccdd eeee ffee XXX ggbbeehhiaaji XbX kfkf XXX ffllXXbbcchh aXa bmbnclcl kbhkbh aXX aaaX bbff XXX fllollccoobbcc XjX ccbb llhh mmcc XnX ppggbb ojX bbll foaa aaXXamambbm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,3,13,3,4,3,12,3,8,6,3,4,4,3,14,3,4,4,4,3,6,3,4,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 0101 100000 1110111 10011101 1100101 1110101 1011101 1110101 1001011 1110111 1111101 1111111 1110101 1110101 1101101 1111100 1101101 0010001 1 01010 10000 01110101 01001101 11010111 110110101 10110101 01001101 10110101 11110101 1111010 1101011 01011110 10111100 1110010 1 010 10000 0101010101 0101000101 1110000101 0101 1 1000 10000 10001101 01011101 11010101 10000101 110100110 10111110 0011111 0010111 11111101 11010011 10100001 100110101 1 100 100001 1101010111 1101110101 1110110111 0111110110 1111011101 0111010111 0111110101 1001100111 1101011001 0111011101 1101010101 0101100011 1111011001 0101100101 1 01010 100 01110111 11110101 11010100 0110100 11010101 11111101 01111101 11010101 1 1000 10000100 1111011101 1111110101 1110011101 110101 11110010111 010111 1101111111 1110111101 1111010111 000111 1100110111 1101011101 110111 1011101001 1 0110 10010000 110011111 11110111 11111101 11110101 11011111 11110001 01010101 11111111 11010011 11010101 11110101 11110111 1 010 100000 01011111011101 11011101111101 01011111011101 01001001111111 101100101110110 11010101111101 1 101010 100 1111011 01011101 11010111 11110111 11010101 01011111 11111100 11111011 1 1010101 1000 11110101 111111 11000101 111101 11110101 11010111 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 30
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 157
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i, my, raven, he, and, that, you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i, my are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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