This is an analysis of the poem Baucis And Philemon that begins with:
IN ancient times, as story tells,
The saints would often leave their cells,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcceeeecccceeccffggddggddhhddcciiXcddaaddaaccfffjcciikkllccaajfcXffddeeddaaeelliiiiddllddffmmddkahhaacclleeaXaanniiccaaccccccXeooeeeXkkeeaaooppccggcXkkiicXaXeeccjjiieedddc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 178,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 01110111 1101111100 0101010100 01010101 11000101 11010111 10110101 01010101 00110101 10010101 11010101 110011101 11011100 110010101 10100101 10110101 00110111 110010110 100100010 11001101 00110101 110110010 110101010 11010101 01010101 11000101 11110001 11010101 10111001 11010111 11010011 11010001 10111101 00110001 11011101 11010001 11010111 11010101 10010101 010101011 101101110 11111001 11110101 11110111 11110101 11011101 11110101 11111101 11010111 11111111 01010101 0111001110 010111010 010101110 01010001 01000111 11110001 10011101 01010101 011001001 01110101 11000101 11110101 01011111 11010101 01010101 01110101 11010101 010101010 010111101 111111111 110111010 110111110 01110111 11011101 01000101 01110101 11010101 01011101 11010111 10111101 10011101 11110101 01010101 10110101 11010101 10110101 01001001 111101001 00110101 01110101 01010101 01011101 11001101 01010001 110101010 010101110 11010101 010001001 01000011 100101001 11111001 110000001 11110101 11010101 01011111 10011101 010101011 01111101 01010101 01010101 11110111 10111101 01111111 110100110 11110011 01011101 11110101 01110101 01000101 11010101 11010101 11111101 011101011 11011101 11011101 100010101 110011101 11010111 11011101 111111001 01010110 11111101 1011010010 110101110 110101010 110111111 01011101 01010100 01010101 011101001 11011101 11000101 01010101 11010101 01010111 110101111 11001101 010000111 11011111 100101101 11110111 00110101 11010011 11111101 110110111 111101110 11101101 11010101 11110111 01101101 010111011 01110101 11010001 01010111 11000111 11010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010011 01011101 11110001 11010111 110101110 101101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 6331
- Average number of words per stanza: 1159
- Amount of lines: 178
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, to, by, he, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase aloft connects the lines.
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- summary of Baucis And Philemon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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