This is an analysis of the poem Hebe that begins with:
I saw the twinkle of white feet,
I saw the flush of robes descending;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcX dede fgfg fXfc cdXX hghg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010011 110101010 010111001 111111010 10110101 100101110 01111101 110101100 11001111 0101011101 01110101 1100101011 11011001 100101010 11010101 010101110 01110101 110101010 11010101 1100100110 11110101 010101010 11011001 0010101100 1110111 110111010 10111101 011101010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Hebe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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