This is an analysis of the poem From Anacreon that begins with:

I wish to tune my quivering lyre
To deed of fame and notes of fire;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccaaddeeffddggabgghhccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111001 010111010 01000101 11011101 11010101 110101001 11010101 11100101 100010101 11110101 01011101 01011101 01010101 010111101 100101001 01110101 11011101 110101010 01110101 01010101 01011101 11011101 111101001 01011111 11011111 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 902
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, adieu are repeated.

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