This is an analysis of the poem The Shepherd Of King Admetus that begins with:

There came a youth upon the earth,
Some thousand years ago,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede dfdf gbgb ahah cici jkjk jljl ememXbdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110001 11010101 10010111 01110101 111111 10111101 10111101 11100111 111101 01010111 01010101 11110101 000111 11010111 111101001 01010101 111101 11010111 00110011 11110101 011011 11010001 11010111 11111111 11010110 11110111 110101010 010100001 011111 101111101 110101001 11010111 110111 00111101 11111011 11011111 11001001 11110101 11010101 11111101 111111 11010101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Shepherd Of King Admetus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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