This is an analysis of the poem Arachne that begins with:
I READ in an old book the myth
Of the Hellenian damsel with...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaabbcc DDXX bbeeffffffffddbbbgg dDXb HHdD iiff ggfF fFff Xfaa bbbb jjkk bbdd jjbb ddii bbbb aXff ffee ffjj ffll bbff ddff HHdD ddXX iffbbbbddDXccffffff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,19,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,19,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 00100100 01010111 110100101 11110101 11111111 00011101 01011111 01010111 11001101 01011111 010101100 111101010 11011101 11011101 10111111 11010101 11011111 11110111 10011101 01011111 10011101 11011101 01011101 11011001 11011111 11011111 11000111 10010111 10110111 10110101 11011101 11001101 01011111 010101100 11110101 11111111 01010111 11011101 11011101 11011101 11011101 01110101 01010001 101100101 010101001 110111011 01010110 110111011 01010110 10110101 10010101 110011110 10010011 11011101 11010100 100110111 01010101 01010111 00011111 10011001 10110101 010100011 01011101 100011101 01010101 10110101 01110001 11010111 11010101 110100101 11110001 11000111 11011101 10011111 11111101 110000101 11010111 110111001 11010101 11010111 11111110 11111111 11011111 11010101 11111111 11011111 100010001 11011101 11011101 01110111 11010111 10011101 01000101 11011110 111011101 11111101 110010111 0111101 11110111 11010110 11010101 11010101 11111101 11111111 01010111 11011101 11011101 11010011 11011101 010101100 111101010 1101011 1 10011101 11010011 01010101 110001011 11010111 11010111 110101001 11001101 01001111 01011101 11110101 11110101 1001011 1 11110101 01001111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 131
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; nor, and, woe, my, i, thus are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
The author used the same word 'the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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