This is an analysis of the poem Chorus From Hellas that begins with:

The world`s great age begins anew,
The golden years return,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcc dedeffXbdbdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 010001 01110101 010110 1011111001 101000101 010101010 011001 01101010 010101 11010111 11010101 010010101 100101 010100101 111111 01100111 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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