This is an analysis of the poem The Cyclops that begins with:

SILENUS:
O Bacchus, what a world of toil, both now... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcdefgcadhcfdaahidjhkfghlgmlXnljogcpndXhjh X Xililggppajajjj Xmmdgggcccdcmfd Xpp lq XgolfhaqXjXo hjigfpho Xal hjX XiX hd Xm hh Xc hl Xd hq Xl hg Xm hh Xi hl Xh hq XX hh Xn hr Xf ho Xhs hs Xn hr Xh hl Xi hg Xg hq Xh hi Xp hl Xdi hd Xh hb Xn hd Xd hl Xd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,1,15,15,3,2,12,8,3,3,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,4,2,2,12,4,2,2,3,8,2,1,8,3,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,6,3,2,3,3,10,10,4,9,2,2,10,5,5,4,3,2,3,34,4,33,11,25,4,3,3,2,62,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
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0111100101 1101111111 1101010101 1101011101 1011110001 1101010011 1111010101 11111001110 110101011100 1101110001 10 010 1111010101 1101011111 100101010101 1101010101 11011100111 11110101010 1111000010 0011111001 0101101100 1010010111 1001 1110111101 01001011001 0100101111 101111111001 111011011011 110110101 1110111011 0101100101 0111001011 110010 11101 111100 01001 110101111 110010001 10010101 110111111 00111101 111010 11101 011010 010100 11101 00101010 010 1100110101 1001100101 1100011101 10 11010010100 1001110101 010 0101010001 110001 10 0101 010 1111000101 10010111011 0101010101 11011111110 01010101100 0101111101 1101011101 1101110111 11011101110 01011101010 0101011111 01011100010 1001111001 010110100 1101010101 1111011101 11000101010 11110101010 0011011010 1011011101 0101100101 1101001101 1111010101 1100010001 1100110011 1101110001 0100100001 1001111001 1111010101 1101010111 0101010001 1001110111 0100111101 0111100101 0111010101 01000101010 11000001001 0101111101 11011111110 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  • Amount of stanzas: 249
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 1020
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; i, for, and, you, they, of, here, with, your, he, by, thy, to, meat, it, from, him, in, ha, s, my, ye, me, have are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, i, he, farewell, ulysses, we are repeated.

    The author used the same words semichorus, ulysses at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines cyclops is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words flesh, cyclops, you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase cyclops connects the lines.

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