This is an analysis of the poem Epic that begins with:
I have lived in important places, times
When great events were decided, who owned...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaXXXXcbXbcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1110010101 1101001011 1101010111 010111111 110101010110 1110010011 101010111 1000101110100 11010010101 11010101 01110100110 11011100011 1111010001 01011111010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 605
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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.
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- summary of Epic;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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