This is an analysis of the poem Bkiii:Xxvii Europa that begins with:

Let the wicked be led by omens of screeching
from owls, by pregnant dogs, or a grey-she wolf,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abca dXae fecg Xhia jXkc kkci lmcj cnac kgkk jhfl cogh mfgd cboc nlhc fini idXm cdgX jmil XeXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001110010 01110110111 1001010011 10101 10101010110 10100101110 10010111110 1001 11111011001 11101001001 011100010010 11010 10100101101 11010110101 11101111101 01110 11011100010 0101110100 11101101100 10101 10111001100 10110010100 10100011001 100101 10100100111 00101101111 10101010010 00110 10011110110 11100101001 10010011110 11011 11111010110 00101011110 11010101100 10110 11110111101 10111010111 01100111101 11010 11010010011 10010011001 11010110010 01001 01001101011 101101101010 01110010110 01111 11010101101 11011101010 10011111111 10010 01110101101 10101001010 11111001100 11010 11010101111 01100101001 1110100111 01101 10110101011 10101111001 00101110010 1101 10101010101 10100100111 10110100000 10110 11101001101 01011010101 11110101111 11010 11110100100 11110110101 01010100001 00111
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • 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; of, i, you are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

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