This is an analysis of the poem Surgit Fama that begins with:

There is a truce among the gods,
Kore is seen in the North...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXXX XbadXcXd dXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 101001 100111 01011010 011010101110 111010 11011 0101001 11011 100111 10010010 0101001 10110 01000010 11111100010 11010110010010 110011 11101001010 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

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