This is an analysis of the poem The Lyre Of Anacreon that begins with:

THE minstrel of the classic lay
Of love and wine who sings... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efXf ghgh ijij eheh dbdb eXej hdhd keke dgdg bXbj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01000101 011111 11010101 110101 01011111 010101 11010101 010111 11011111 110101 11010110 010101 11110101 011101 11010111 110001 11000101 010111 11010011 1101001 11010111 111101 11010101 1111001 11010110 110101 11010101 110101 11101111 1101010 01110111 1111001 11010101 1101001 11110111 011101 01010101 110101 01011111 111101 101101001 011101 11110101 1100101 11110101 11010010 11110001 101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, our, that are repeated.

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

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

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