This is an analysis of the poem Aphrodite that begins with:

NOT unremembering we pass our exile from the starry ways:
One timeless hour in time we caught from the long night of endless days. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccddeeffaagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100001111100101 11010011100110101 010100111011101 0111010101111101 1101100111010101 1101011101011100 1101010111100100 01010011101010101 1101010101100101 1111010111110111 11111100101000111 0101101111010101 1101010111000101 1001011111010110 1001001101000101 1101011101011111 1100010111010111 110010100010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 221
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Aphrodite;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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