This is an analysis of the poem Pytheas that begins with:
Gaul whose keel in far, dim ages ploughed wan widths of polar sea—
Gray old sailor of Massilia, who hath woven wreath for thee?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddeeffXcgghh iijjcceecc jjkkeeccii aaeeaajjeeXeeeecciiff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,10,10,21,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111011101110101 111001001110111 101011101010101 001110100010101 101010101111101 101010101010101 101111101011101 101110100010101 101010111010110 101111101010101 001110100010101 101010101001101 101011100010101 001010101010001 1011111010111110 101010100010001 101010101010101 101011111000111 101010101011101 101000101010101 10101111010101 1010100100010101 11010111010001 101111101010001 111011101011101 101111101010111 101010100010100 101111101011111 111100111110111 001110100011101 001110101010101 101110101010101 1010101011101110 1010101000101010 101011101010111 101010101010101 101100101011001 101001001010101 111111101111001 1010101010001001 111010101110101 011010101000000 101010101101101 011111101000100 101010101110101 111010100111001 011010111010111 101110101010001 1011101010101001 101010101010101 001111101010101 101110100010101 111011101111101 1010110000011001 001111001010101 101010101011101 1110101011101001 101010101001101 101111101010101 111011101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 758
- Average number of words per stanza: 142
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (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; of, who, these, that are repeated.
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- summary of Pytheas;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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