This is an analysis of the poem First Verses that begins with:

TRANSLATION FROM THE ENEID, BOOK I.
THE god looked out upon the troubled deep... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbaaccccdXaaeeffddgghhXfeeffiicccciiaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,38,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 010001011 0111010101 10001000101 0101010001 10110101001 1101011101 1001010101 1101010101 1101110101 1111110101 10111100110 1101011101 1111001101 0011000101 0111110101 1111110101 0101011111 1111001101 1111011101 1111100101 1101010101 1111010101 0101010101 01110101100 10110101001 01001110101 101100100101 11010100101 11001010101 0101110101 1101110101 10110010101 1111111111 11010011001 11010010001 110100001001 0101010001 0101010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 834
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • 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; by is repeated.

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

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