This is an analysis of the poem The Isles Of Greece that begins with:

The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece!
Where burning Sappho loved and sung,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabcc dedeff ghghee gigidd jajaii dkdkXh leledd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 11010111 11010111 1101110 1 01010101 11011101 01011101 11011101 110111001 11111101 11010101 11111101 01110101 111011010 11110101 11010100 11001101 11011101 11111111 11011101 0010101001 001010111 11111101 010000111 11000101 11010101 011101001 101110111 11010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 111100111 11011101 110101010 01111101 11110101 11010111 111100101 11011111 01011101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; where, and, of, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, and, the, for are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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