This is an analysis of the poem A Fragment Of Simonides that begins with:

Danaë, with her infant Son Perseus, was exposed in a Vessel to the fury of the waves, by order of her Father Acrisius.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaaXbbbccddeeaaaaffaagghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101100101001000100011100010100 11011101 01010101 010100101 11010101 10110110 01010101 11111101 01010101 11110111 11010111 10010111 01010001 11010101 11010101 11010111 010101101 01111101 01000101 01110101 11111101 111101001 1010101001 11110101 10110001 10110101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 535
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of A Fragment Of Simonides;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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