This is an analysis of the poem Maid Of Athens, Ere We Part that begins with:
Maid of Athens, ere we part,
Give, oh give me back my heart!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabX ccddbX aaeebX ffXebX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 1111111 1111111 1011101 1110111 111100 1110101 11111 1111101 1111101 1111101 111100 1111101 1110101 110101011 11110111 11100111 111100 1010111 1011101 1110100 1011111 1110111 111100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; by, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word by is repeated.
The author used the same word by at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word agapo at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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