This is an analysis of the poem Orfeo that begins with:
Sharp as an arrow Orpheus
Points his music downward....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXcXXbXcdaeeXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110100 101010 101 10100010 1 101010 100 001011011111 110 0010 0010010110010 100 01010110010011 01000001 01010111 10010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of Orfeo;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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