This is an analysis of the poem The Helot that begins with:
I.
Low the sun beat on the land,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a BbBB X cdcd X bcbc X efef a gfgf a dcdc X aaaa X cccc X BbBB h Xiji a Xkak X cbcb X ffff X flfl X ffff X jiji X cbcb X gkgk X fcfc X dcdb X acmh X fgfg X dkdk X nknk X ffff X ibib X fbfB X ejej X bXbb X bibi X cfcf X ikik
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1011101 1111111 0011001 1010101 1 1001101 10010101 1110101 110101 1 1010101 100101 1000101 1010101 1 1010101 1010111 1110101 1010101 1 1010101 1010101 1100101 1010101 1 1100101 1011101 1011101 1011101 1 1111101 1010101 1010111 1000101 1 1111010 1110111 10101010 1010101 1 1011101 1011101 0011001 1010101 1 111110 1110101 0110011 1011001 1 011010 1011101 1011001 1100111 1 1010111 1010101 1111011 1011101 1 1110101 1000101 1010101 11010101 1 1110101 1010111 1011111 10010111 1 1011101 1010101 0011101 0010111 1 1011101 1110001 1001111 0011001 1 1110101 11100111 11100111 0010011 1 1011001 10010101 1011101 10110101 1 10010101 1010101 1111111 1010001 1 1010111 1011101 0011101 10011101 1 1010111 1011100 1110100 0011001 1 1010001 1110101 1010101 1010001 1 1010001 1010111 1110101 1011101 1 1011101 1011111 1110111 1111111 1 1110101 1110101 1011101 1001111 1 1111001 0010101 1010101 1010111 1 1110101 1011111 1011101 1010101 1 1010101 1001101 1010101 1011001 1 11100101 1010101 10111001 1000101 1 1010101 1110111 1011001 1010011 1 1110101 1010101 1010111 1010111 1 1011101 1010101 1110111 1111101 1 1111101 1011111 10011100 1110001 1 1110111 1111111 1010101 1010101 1 1011101 1011001 1110101 1110001 1 11100101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1 1011101 1010101 1110101 1010101 1 1110101 1111111 1000111 1010111 1 1011111 10101001 0011101 1010101 1 11111001 10010101 1010101 1110101 1 10010101 1011101 0110101 1010101 1 1011111 1010101 1011111 0011101 1 1010101 10111001 1011101 0011001 1 1010101 1011101 1010101 11101001 1 1010101 00100111 10101001 001101 1 0011001 1111111 1010101 1110100 1 1110101 1011101 1010111 01011001 1 1111101 10011101 1010101 1010001 1 1110101 0110011 1010101 0011101 1 1110101 1110101 1110101 1011101 1 1011101 0011001 1010111 1010101 1 1010001 1010101 10110101 1010001 1 1010001 1010101 1110111 0010101 1 1010101 0010111 1011111 0010101 1 1011101 1001101 1010101 1010111 1 1010111 1010101 1011101 1110101 1 1111101 0011101 10100101 1110101 1 1011101 1010101 1010111 11010101 1 1010111 1011101 1010111 11101001 1 1011111 10101010 1111001 1111010 111 1110111 1011001 1010111 1010101 1 1111101 1011111 10011100 1110001 1 1010101 1000101 1011111 1111101 1 1110101 0111101 1011101 1010101 1 1011111 1011001 0010111 1011001 1 1010101 0011101 00010001 1000101 1 1011001 1011001 0010101 1010101 1 1011111 1111111 1110111 1100101 1 1010101 1110001 10111001 1011101 1 1010101 1111001 1111101 101101 1 11101110 1010111 10100010 1010001 1 1011001 1000111 1110111 1010101 1 10100101 1111101 1011111 1111100 1 10011101 11111010 1111101 1110111 1 1010101 1000111 1011111 0011001 1 10010111 1110101 1010101 0011001 1 1010111 1010101 1010101 0110001 1 10101001 10101111 11100111 1010101 1 1110111 10101010 1010101 1010101 1 1110101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1 1100101 1011101 1011101 1111111 1 10110101 1010011 0010101 1010101 1 1010101 1010101 1011111 1010101 1 10010111 1110101 11101001 1111111 1 1110111 0110101 1111101 00100101 1 10100101 1010101 1110101 101101 1 1010101 1011101 0111101 1010001 1 1000100 1010111 1011101 0010101 1 1010110 10010111 1110101 1010101 1 0010101 1010101 1010101 100101001 1 1110101 0010101 10100111 1011001 1 1010101 0010111 1010101 1100101 1 10101001 1010101 0011101 1110101 1 1010101 1010111 1100101 1011001 1 1010111 1010101 10011101 10000101 1 1011101 1010111 1010101 1010101 1 1010001 011010 10010101 1011101 1 1010101 1110101 1110101 11100101
- Amount of stanzas: 196
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 586
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; still, had, and, of, its, to, past, till, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, still, 'drink, ours, past, thro', till, lo are repeated.
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- summary of The Helot;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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