This is an analysis of the poem Amyntor From Beyond The Sea To Alexis. A Dialogue that begins with:

Amyntor.
Alexis! ah Alexis! can it be,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaa bXccd eXfe bXXb gddg ghhg aggX XfiiX dggd Xjjk feef aXXa gXkdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 0101010100 111111 1111 1111101 010 1000100111 110111 1111 11110001 10010111111 110110 101101 11110101 0111100101 0100010 11110 11110101 1101010111 10100101 1011 111100101 101101001111 111101 1111 10110101 101101111111 111111 1111 00110100 1111010110 11 0111001 1111 110110 1111011101 011011 0101 10011101 101111010111 011101 10001 11010100 1011010101011 1101001 1101 011101011 11010111011 101101 0101 10011101 101110010111 110111 1000 11011 11011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; his is repeated.

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