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

Listen to the tawny thief,
Hid beneath the waxen leaf, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eebbffgg eebbdhhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101 1010101 1010101 1000101 1010101 0010111 1010101 0010111 1110101 0010111 1010101 1010101 1000101 0010001 1010101 1010101 1011101 0010101 1001101 1010101 1000101 1010101 1010111 1000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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