This is an analysis of the poem Maui Victor that begins with:

Unhewn in quarry lay the Parian stone,
   Ere hands, god-guided, of Praxiteles ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbcXcc dcdccbcbb babaaeaeX fgfggagaa aaaaababX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010101 1111001000 1101010110 110011100101 1001010111 0111000101 1101001000 1101001101 110101110101 010101001 11001101101 1011010101 110111001 1101011101 11110101001 11010111001 11010111001 11001001010101 0100010111 1001010101 1011110111 1001010101 10010101011 1111111011 11010110110 0101110101 111001011011100 1101011011 1111111111 1110010111 1111111101 1100110101 1101011101 110110011001 1111111101 111101010101 11110001111 1111001101 1101010011 1111010101 11110100111 1011110111 110011110011 0101010101 101110001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 482
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, shall are repeated.

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  • summary of Maui Victor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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