This is an analysis of the poem Hero And Leander that begins with:
See you the towers, that, gray and old,
Frown through the sunlight's liquid gold,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXbdefe ffdggdafXf eehcchaiji kklaalcXaj ddceeccjej lliddihfaf ffjkkjmmlm jjcllcckkk iibccbihhh iicmmcdiki eeiiiimdaX mmjaajbddX iiajXaacgX bbfccfjidX nnmhhmjmim ccajjaXele nnXiijdgag aaimmibdmd aanaanmmaX ccgbbgXada ccammabili ccmjemlodX Xoiaaiaafa lX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101111 11010101 110101 01000101 110101000 011001 11011101 010101010 11110110 1101010 0100101 10110001 110101 11010101 10010111 010101 01110101 01110101 11110101 110111 011101010 110101010 010101 01010111 01011001 010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 111101 111101011 11011101 110101 111100101 11011101 0100101 11011111 110101010 11011101 010101 11011111 01011101 111111 110101010 111101010 0101001 01011101 11111101 110101010 110101 01010111 11011101 110001 110010101 110111001 010101 01010101 110100001 10010101 101101 11011111 10110101 010101 01010101 11111101 010111 11011101 111101110 01010101 1111010 11001101 01010101 111101 011100111 11100101 0100101 101101001 110001010 110101001 11010010 00011111 01010111 110101 10010101 11011101 0100101 11011101 01000101 01011101 1000101 01011101 01010111 010101 01110111 01110101 100101 11011101 01010101 110110101 110101 11010110 110111010 1100101 101111101 11110011 111101 11000101 11010111 11010101 01011100 100110101 11100101 110101 111101101 11111111 111101 11001101 11001101 11111111 11010100 101010001 01010101 110101 1100101 110111010 111101 11010101 11010101 10110111 00110100 101000101 01010101 010101 11111101 111111001 010001 1001111 11010101 11110111 0101010 11110101 100100101 11001001 11010101 11010101 010111 111100001 01001111 11010101 010101 01010101 11010101 0011001 11010101 11011101 110101 1111110010 010101010 111111001 1101010 11010111 101010101 11111000 10011111 11000101 110001 11011101 110010101 01010111 110001 101111111 01010101 1101001 110011101 11111101 111101 11010111 01011101 01010101 011001 101010111 001010101 011001 01011101 01011101 011101 10011001 010100100 110010101 01011100 11110101 01010101 110101 11110101 0101111 1000101 10010101 01010001 11010001 111101 11010001 11010001 011101 01010101 11010101 110101 110010001 110101010 11010101 010101 100010011 01110101 10001 10010101 11011100 110101 11011101 01010111 11001101 0111010 110101110 1100101010 1100111 10110101 01010101 111111 110101001 110010101 110100101 010101 111100111 11011010 111111 00111101 11110101 110001 11010101 1101010010 10010101 0101110 110101101 11011111 111110 11111111 01111100 010111 10111101 11010100 111100101 10110010 10110101 100101101 110001 10010101 11010101 010111 10011101 11010101 01010001 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 26
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 345
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 260
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, to, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, and, how, the, on, she are repeated.
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- summary of Hero And Leander;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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