This is an analysis of the poem Once Gods Walked... that begins with:

Once gods walked among humans,
The splendid Muses and youthful Apollo...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaXXbcd caadaXbXcXeeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110110 01010110010 010111111 1110110100101 11110011010 01010101 101011111011 1111000 00111011 1111101110 1100101101 01110011101 1010101011 00011100101 10111101100 0100101100101 01011101 01000110110 0010010010 001010110010 00111101 01011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 441
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, to are repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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