This is an analysis of the poem From Vergil's Fourth Georgic that begins with:

And the cloven waters like a chasm of mountains
Stood, and received him in its mighty portal... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bcb cac ada ded ece cXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010101010010 11011001010 11110110010 11010101010 0011010101 111001101010 1101111111 0101111101 1001010010001 11001100101 01001010101 101101011 101011100101 1101011001 111010111 1101010011 100011011001 1101011101 111100101 11011101010 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

  • 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 and is repeated.

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

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