This is an analysis of the poem 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 dedeff bdbdee ggggaa dcdchh dXdXdd bgbXii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 110001 01110101 110110 1011111001 11000101 010101010 111001 01101010 100101 11010111 11010101 010010101 100101 010100101 111111 01010111 01110101 11110101 111110 1101101 110101 110100101 10011101 01010101 101001 01111001 110001 11011111 111111011 10111101 111110 11111111 110100 11111101 110111010 11111101 111111 11100101 110100 01010001 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, than, cease are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, than, cease are 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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  • summary of Hellas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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