This is an analysis of the poem Dithyrambics that begins with:
Wrapped round of the night, as a monster is wrapped of the ocean,
Down, down through vast storeys of darkness, behold, in the tower... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbbccdedcceccffcfcfgccdcdggeeghhhiaaddiaai X i ajaaccajggiiiekgebkbbbbghjjgghddbblmlm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,1,1,38,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110011010010010 111110010010010 0010010111010010 010011010010010010 110010010 011010110 0110101110100101 101001011 001001011001001 110001001 01101101 00100101011010 011010010110010 01001001 110010101001 01011001 1100101010110 01101001110110 0100101000010110 10010001011110 110010011100010 011110011010110 0101110101101 101001001 10111011 010110101001 0110101 01001011 11001011 00111001 100001001011101 0010100101101 11001001001001 001011001 11101 0110101110111 1101111011111 101011 01011001111 1101111 011101 01011011111 1100101101001 11001011 0110101101001 1 1 10110011011 101001010110 10101101011001 01101 1010001001001001 1011001 11001 1001001010110 0101001101001 010010011101 10101001101 000100101001101 01001011001001 101001 0101101011011 111111 01001 11001110010110 010110110001001 110010 10110110 111110 1100101110010 101101 0101111111 1101100 01001100 1101010111 010101 011010011101011 01001001111 010110110100 011011010110110 110010010010010 11001111010010 111001011 11001101 010100101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 935
- Average number of words per stanza: 168
- Amount of lines: 87
- 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; of, her, and, away, than, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, in are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines away is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase away connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Dithyrambics;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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