This is an analysis of the poem The Tomb At Akr Çaar that begins with:

‘I am thy soul, Nikoptis. I have watched
These five millennia, and thy dead eyes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcd ebeXbf XXe agdecXbfbe fXee fhbXhg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,3,10,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111100111 1101001111 11110101010 11111001101 1101110101 1011110101 11100100101 1111 1111010101 1101110101 1101110101 11011111011 1111110111 1111111111 1110011101 1001010101 01011101 1111011 111 1110011101 11010001111 1111111101 1011110111 1111111111 1111011001 111101011 1111011111 111101 1111110101 1111010101 110111 100101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; i, thy, have, and, thee, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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