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

Sing her a song of the sun:
Fill it with tones of the stream, —... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaaaacdcdefef ghghfXfX ijijdkdk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001 1001001 1001011 1001001 1001011 1101001 1001001 1001001 1011001 1011101 1001001 1001001 10110010 1011001 10110010 1101000 1111011 1001101 1001001 1111101 1001001 1001101 1111101 1001000 1001011 1001011 1111011 1001111 1111001 1011101 1001001 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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