This is an analysis of the poem Auri Sacra Fames that begins with:
Now that the gods are dead—where shall we find us a god?
Myths of the Greek Olympus have sunk in the surge of Time;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbabaacdcdaA efefaa ghghaa ihihaa hahajj ekekaa kakaaa bgbgaa alalkkXahahaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101111111101 10010101100101 101001011101101 1100100100101 101111101111 1111101110111 1001011101001 100101100111 10101010010101 0010101101101 10101010011101 1101111111101 11010100100101 10010101001001 10110101101001 111111110111 100101110111 1111101111101 1001010101101 10010101110101 100101100101 1001011110101 1011100100101 00010010100101 1001011100101 1010010110101001 00100100110100101 0010011110111111 1011011110101 1001010111111 10110111110101 101111100111 101101100101 101011101001 1101011101101 11101001010100101 1001011100101 0001011001001 1011011111111 10111100101011 0001011001001 101011110111 1001011111101 100100100101101 11010010101001 101101010100101 010111110111111 010010111111101 100101100101 100101100101 100100100101 100101010101 10011110011 11010111110101 10010110101001 1001011110101 11010111001001 10010010100101 111111111111 01011110100101 1101111111101 101101111101 11110100110101 11110110100101 11111110100101 110101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 382
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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; of, his, men, for, not, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, gone, better, all are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word gold at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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