This is an analysis of the poem The Everlasting Return that begins with:

It is dark… so dark, I remember the sun on Chios…
It is still… so still, I hear the beat of our paddles on the Aegean…...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa abcXde faaXghbabfebff aebaiafbj fbkehab bXfh dlXdlja mikfcbmdn nbdi gid ieb feblfcadXeajela
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,14,9,7,4,7,9,4,3,3,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011110100111 001111101011010010 1111101 110111010010 1100010100 111111111 10111101 1111101111101 0010011111 0111011101 1111110010100 1010 00111111001101 100111011 10100101111101001 101111110111001 101110101 11011111100 11111101 11111011 1101110111111101 11101 11101101101111 111111101001 1101011011011 11111 110101100010 110101 110010100011101 11010111 1111111 1111011 101011 10100011 1111011011101001 111101111 1111111101 101011010 11111111100 1111111001110 0101111111 0111110110110101 111111 10101111 1011101111 1101001110 10101010110 1101111 11111010111110 1111101 1011110 00111 1010101 11110100 10111 00111 110101 1010100101001 011111110101 1011010 111101001111 111111110110010 1100101001101 11101101011011110 111001001 1011010 10011111001 0111110111101 00111001001010 1101001001 1110011111010 11101011 111111010 110010100 10011 111011101 111100 1110101 111010110011 11110 110010101010001 0111011 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, as, he, of, one, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, and, we, i, how are repeated.

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  • summary of The Everlasting Return;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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