This is an analysis of the poem Echoes From The Greek Mythology that begins with:

I - STARLIGHT
With two bright eyes, my star, my love, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcc X X DeedeD e f gbggb X d hhiiddff X a aadj X f jXddXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,1,6,1,1,5,1,1,8,1,1,4,1,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 01111111 11010101 111101010 001010111 10 1100 010101 110101 1100101 110101 110101 010101 01 11110 110111 111111 010011101 110000111 110101 100 110 1010101 1010101 1010101 01010101 101010110 01101010 10101010 11101010 1000 101101 11111001 11110101 11010111 11110101 10 10010 1010001 001010 1010111 1110111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 63
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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