This is an analysis of the poem Atameros that begins with:

The palace with revolving doors was mine
And three of us went up its steps...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb aXdd bbee cXccc ffff g ccc hhgghccXfchXfifai aXcbef c fXeeeheiiff hfffXXafbch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,4,1,3,17,6,1,11,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100010111 11011101 00111101 0010101 110101 100001 01110101 11011101 11001101 0111010111 110100111 01010101 01010101 11011000 1101010101 110111 000101 0101 1101 10110 1001 11111001011111000110101101 1111 1101 110101 1010011 0110111 1111101 11000101 1100111 01011011 1100010101 1000101 1100101 01010001 10000101 0101010 11110101 01111101 110111 110111 0101010101 111101 10001101 010001 1101010101 111 1011111 1110110111111101110100011011 11110010101 11110101 11011 111 01110101 1111 110101 111111 010111 01010101 10101111 1100111 100101 110101 1111 1011 10010 1101 01100101001 0101 1011 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Atameros;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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