This is an analysis of the poem Apollo Musagetes that begins with:

Through the black, rushing smoke-bursts,
Thick breaks the red flame;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcdc aaXa Xaea eXae fbfb abgb fdXd eddd dhah dhgh gded Xbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011 11011 110110 01011 111010 11111 1110111 01001 10110011 11111 101101 11101 1011011 11011 1011010 11001 0011010 11101 110110 01101 111110 11101 1101100 01101 111010 10101 110010 01101 1010110 01001 010010 11101 1110010 11101 111010 01011 111010 0001111 110010 11001 111110 01001 100110 11001 111010 01111 010010 01001 010010 01001 010010 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, of, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, what, the are repeated.

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

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