This is an analysis of the poem Hermes that begins with:
Soothsay. Behold, with rod twy-serpented,
Hermes the prophet, twining in one power... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcXdXdcXcbaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001011100 10010100110 0100010101 01011001101 0111011100 0101100101 11011101001 01110110101 0101001101 110101100 10110010111 01010000111 11011001010 11110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 618
- Average number of words per stanza: 106
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of Hermes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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