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

When bold Ambition tempts the ingenuous mind
To leave the beaten paths of life behind,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccdd eeaaeeff ggbbaahhiijj kklllljXaammaaaaeemm ffnnaabbjjff kkbbiikkaaccbbaaffaaaamm bbbbkkooXe aXppkkbXaaooXkooooeeee jjaakklleeccbbeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,12,20,12,24,10,22,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110101001001 0101010101 0111010001 1101010100 11001101001 01001010001 0101000101 1111010101 11010100101 0101110101 1101010101 1101010001 1101011101 1011010101 1101110101 00101010101 1000010101 010101001001 110010010101 1100010101 1101110001 010101001 1101010101 00101010011 1101010101 0011010011 1101010101 1101010111 1111011101 1110010101 1011010001 11001010101 10010011101 1101011101 1101011101 1111000111 1101110101 1000110011 1101010111 1101010001 1111001101 11011100101 11001011111 010101010001 11000101001 01110010101 1101111101 1111010101 1111000101 0101010101 1111010101 1101000101 0101110101 1111010101 11010001010 11010101110 11001010101 1101010101 11010100101 0101010101 1111011101 11110110001 0111010111 01001010001 0101110101 0101000101 11010011101 1101010101 10101010101 1101111101 1101010101 0101010101 1101010101 0011010101 11100110111 1101110101 1101010101 10010010001 11010100101 1101010101 1101110101 1101011101 110100100111 1101010010101 1111010101 0101000111 1101001010010 1101011101 1101010101 0011010101 1111101101 1001010101 1101101101 1110110101 1011011101 11010100100 1011010001 01010000101 10010010111 110100001001 1101010101 1101010110 11010110101 110010010101 1101100101 1111010101 10010101010 110001101001 1101110101 0101000101 11010000101 0110000101 1101111111 01010000101 11110000101 10011100001 1101010101 01001000101 1101010001 1101110101 1111011101 1101010101 110010101101 0111111101 1101010110 0101000101 00101010101 01001010101 1101011101 1011010001 110111011 110100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 644
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 132
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, and, her, to, while are repeated.

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

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

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