This is an analysis of the poem Bki:Xiii His Jealousy that begins with:

When you, Lydia, start to praise
Telephus’ rosy neck, Telephus’ waxen arms,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabc deda bXfb dXXc eXaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 100101100101 01110101 011011010010 10110111 111001111101 11100101 101100010010 1110011 10111001110 10110011 110110100111 01110011 111001110001 11111100 110101001110 11101111 110101111010 0111010 01001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; my is repeated.

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

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