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

The light of suns unseen, through depths of sea descending,
Within her street awakes the ghost of noon... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcd aeaeXcXc XcfcacXc gfgfcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101011101010 01011000101 01010101101010 0001111111 010010111010010 0111001101 1101011101010 0111110101 1101010101010 1011111111 1111010111010 0101010101 1101110101010 1001010101 1101011001000 1101110111 1101110111110 0101010111 0101111101010 1110010100 0111111101010 1101010101 1101111100110 1101010011 1111110101010 0101111101 0011011001010 0101110101 1101010111010 1101111111 0101110101010 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 400
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, no, and, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word shall is repeated.

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

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