This is an analysis of the poem Melampus that begins with:
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With love exceeding a simple love of the things... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bCbcdcdc X ababXbXb X efefcece X XgbgXhbh a ieiejbXb a kbkbllll X elelgcXc X dmdmnXnX X lglgblbl o emembebe a ololelel X npnpiqqq X bgXgeXel X jbjbelXl X rlrlbcbC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 010100101001 110101100101 111110101001 010110100111 110110111001 111101101101 000101001001 010110101101 1 110100111101 0101111001110 010110101011 011110101101 1101110111010 0101010100111 0001001111000 111110100101 1 101110101001 010100110101 010101111101 110110101101 110101101001 111110100101 110110101101 1111001000101 1 011111111011 111101101111 110100101001 110100100111 010110101001 010100100101 010101101001 010110100101 1 1101101010010 010111100101 1101011111110 110100100111 110110101001 011100100101 011110101010 110110111111 1 011100101101 010110100111 011100111001 110111111111 111100111001 011100111101 110110101111 111110011101 1 100110111011 111101100111 01111011011 110110100101 010100101001 010101110101 110111101100 011100100101 1 010110110001 111101100101 111100111101 011110110101 010110101011 010100100110 110110111101 011100100111 1 1101010111001 0101001101111 111100101001 110101110101 100100101001 110100101111 1101001100001 0111111010001 1 110100111001 110100101101 010110111001 1101001000101 010100101011 0101000110101 110100101101 010100100100 1 111100111101 110110110101 010100101001 010100100101 010101101011 110100100111 011110101001 011001000101 1 110100101011 011110101101 110100101001 110100110111 11010001010010 110100100101 110100101001 111101110101 1 111100101001 010100101111 11011010100 111101100101 010100101001 010110000110 010100111101 010110101111 1 110100111001 011110100111 110100111001 010110100111 1101100101101 010100100101 011100101001 00101001010101 1 100101101011 110100100111 101100101001 010100100101 111110101011 010010101111 110100101001 110101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 30
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 135
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, their, they, he, to, song, there, them are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, i, the, with, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Melampus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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