This is an analysis of the poem Leda that begins with:

Do you remember, Leda?
There are those who love, to whom Love brings...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcdca efefghghicic ajajgcgc babaggggahh ahkhklglgfkfk ldldmbmbjmjm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,12,8,11,13,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1101010 111110111 11011111 11111101 11010111 11010101 11110011 11100101 110110110 11111101 11011101 10011101 11111101 10110111 10110111 11011111 10111101 11010011 1110111000 11110111 01110100 11110111 10111101 11111011 111101101 11010111 110110101 11111101 11111111 11110111 110111100 11111101 10011100 111111101 10010111 111111001 01111101 111111001 110011101 1010111111 1010111111 10010111 0101010001 011101011 101100001 100111101 01111111 110001001 01010101 111101001 01110111 111110101 11010101 111111101 111010111 11111101 111110101 11111101 111111111 11111101 11111101 11011111 10110101 11011111 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 345
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; love, that, my, and, through, i, who, there are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lips is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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