This is an analysis of the poem Meganom that begins with:
1
Still far the asphodels,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XaXbXcdb X efbgHXFC X XdefaXgf X bcHXadFC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 110100 101001 110110 011 111100 11101010 1001001 101010101 1 111101 001000010101 10101000110 10100010 11101 001010100 101011001 100100 1 110111 001011 101101 100101 10101110 001010010 010101010 010101 1 01001010 010010 11101 001010100 101100 1100110001 101011001 100100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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