This is an analysis of the poem From Vergil's Tenth Eclogue that begins with:

Melodious Arethusa, o'er my verse
Shed thou once more the spirit of thy stream:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababbbbcbdecefdaXaXdbX fX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010010001011 1111010011 1011010111 1001011101 0100010111 1000010101 0111011101 0110111101 0101010101 1110010111 01001110 11011111 1011010101 1101110011 1111010111 1010001 0101010101 0101010100 011010111 1101010100 1100010101 1101011111 101100 1100010111 01010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1005
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of From Vergil's Tenth Eclogue;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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