This is an analysis of the poem Bkiii:Xi Remember The Danaids that begins with:

Mercury (since, taught by you, his master,
Amphion could move the stones, with his singing),...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX defc gbhX eeie gXge Xige jekg Xgci ebik hjae galf eXceXlfkd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001111010 1011010010 11101101101 10110 11010100110 11011110110 1100011101 00101 11010010111 101001001110 10100101111 10101 101001101101 01011101101 10001011001 10011 10101100101 10100111001 1101011001 01011 1001011010 01010110101 01011111010 1010 1110011100 11100011111 10101001010 11101 11111101010 01011111010 010110100011 100101 10000100101 10010100010 01010011010 11001 11110011011 11010101001 1101010110 11010 1111001111 01101110110 1001011111 10111 11101110101 01010111101 11101001001 1001 10101110111 11011110110 01111101111 01100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; his, you, and are repeated.

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

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