This is an analysis of the poem Double Villanelle that begins with:
I.
O goat-foot God of Arcady!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbA abX abA abX XbA cbXa X XaA aaX caA caX aaA aaXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,3,3,4,1,3,3,3,3,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11110100 01010111 11010101 11010101 11011101 11110100 11010111 11111101 11010101 11111110 11011111 11110100 1101010 11011111 11010101 110101100 10011101 11110100 11010101 1 11010100 11011101 01011101 11110111 11111111 11010100 00011100 11110101 01011101 01010100 11010101 11010100 01110001 01011101 01011101 11110111 11110101 11010100 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, this are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word thee at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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