This is an analysis of the poem Lines In The Travellers' Book At Orchomenus that begins with:

In this book a traveller had written:­
'Fair Albion, smiling, sees her son depart... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXX X aacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0010100110 11001010101 0101110001 10010100001 11010111010 0111100100100 01011100101 1111110101 1110100111 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

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  • summary of Lines In The Travellers' Book At Orchomenus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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