From The Greek Of Moschus by Percy Bysshe Shelley: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem From The Greek Of Moschus that begins with:

Tan ala tan glaukan otan onemos atrema Balle--k.t.l.
When winds that move not its calm surface sweep... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcdXXdeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1101101010010011 1111101101 0101110111 0100011101 111011101 0101011011 1001011111 1100111001 0110111101 1111111100 1101111101 11010011101 11011110101 0101101100 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; whose is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, whose are repeated.

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