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

To that gaunt House of Art which lacks for naught
Of all the great things men have saved from Time, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc ccccdd dXXefX ababXX egegaa hihXff cjcjkk ififhh hjhjfl mdmdll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111011111 0101111101 0101000111 1101111101 1111010101 0011011100 11111000101 11010010111 1001010001 0101110101 0101010101 1111011101 0111010001 1101010100 1011011100 0101111101 1101010100 11001100100 0101010111 1011010101 0101011101 0011010101 1101010101 1101100100 11000100100 0101010101 1011110101 1011110100 11010010101 01001110001 10111001001 0101100101 1011010101 1011110010 0111111001 1101010111 11101010101 01011111001 11110011101 10010010101 01111101001 11001000101 11001100100 11010000101 01010101001 1101110101 01010010101 1111110111 1101011101 11110100101 1111010001 1011010101 11010001001 11010111000 1111010101 00110111001 0101011101 0011110011 1101110100 0001010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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 is repeated.

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

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