This is an analysis of the poem Bellerophon that begins with:
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Maimed, beggared, grey; seeking an alms; with nod... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbbb X cdcd X dede X fXff a gaga a fXfX X fhfh X fifi X fbfb i jXjX a gege XXeeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 11001101101 0101010111 01010001 1101111101 1 11111101001 0110110101 1100101001 1101011001 1 1101011101 1100010011 110110101 1001100101 1 0100111111 0100010111 11011101 1011001101 1 0101010101 1100010101 10101101 10010101001 1 1101110101 1101000110 11110101 1001110100 1 01001010101 0101110001 11110111 1001010001 1 1111011101 1111100101 10011101 1001011111 1 1011000101 11010010101 01011111 1011010111 1 1110110111 110111010110 11110101 1011011111 1 1111010111 1111011101 10010101 1011000101 1 10010101001 0101010111 01010101 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, comes, and, saw are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and are repeated.
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- summary of Bellerophon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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