This is an analysis of the poem Myopic Odyssey that begins with:

Myoptic odyssey.
Optic in its oddity....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABc AcXc DBCB Dbcb AeACEFE DBCB AABc CEFE DBCEF DBCEF CAEE CAEEXCA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,7,4,4,4,5,5,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100 1000100 111011001 1010 10100 10001001 110010010 11111101 111111010 01000101 1111010 11110101 111111010 01000111 11111010 11101101 1000100 111110 1000100 11000111 001 010010011 10101 111111010 01000101 1111010 11110101 10100 1000100 111011001 1010 11000111 001 010010011 10101 111111010 01000101 11000111 001 010010011 111111010 01000101 11000111 001 010010011 11111 00010100 11 01111001 11111 00010100 11 01111001 11111 00010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

    The author used the same words myoptic, i, you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words love, alone at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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