This is an analysis of the poem Circe that begins with:
On a tripod the goddess sits, gazing
At herself in a mirror propped close:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXa bXXb XccX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011010110 101001011 111000111 1111110010 101111001 111001010 0011110010 1010010001 101011011 111011101 111111111 10100101111 11101001 1110010110 0010011111 1010011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; her, that, of are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Circe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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