This is an analysis of the poem Greatness That Was that begins with:
A greatness that was...
And grossly depicted in myths....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbXXXcXcXcXababba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011 11001001 0101001 01101010110 1111110 11000100100 10100111000100 0011101 11 1010 111001 1011010101 1100111001 100101 11011101 00110100 111 0101001 10
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 559
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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