This is an analysis of the poem Hellenistics that begins with:
I look at the Greek-derived design that nourished my infancy
this Wedgwood copy of the Portland vase:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd Xceb fggg gdff bXef chgh Xijkl gfmi XjXfb cfkX ghff XmhmX nemf legf anXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,5,4,4,5,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101011101100 0111000101 1111000110111101 1001001010 1110111101111000 110101 0010101111001 110101111000 1100101001011011010 11001010 110010101101110 10100110010 11111111010101010 101001010 0110010111010100 1111101011 110001011001110001 11001 110110110101 001001010010 01010011011101001 1110101011 101101010101001110 11010111 1 11001100101101010001 0100100 01001111101111 1010010100011 0100111101101010 111011010110 1000111101001001111010 10110 1 0110101001011010 10101110 01110010101111 10111111 10110010100110 01001011100110 00100111010101011 110101111000 10111101010110 100101010101 10111101110001 1110010001 1 11010101010010010 0110100101 111101010011110010 111101000 111010101010111 110101010100010 11100100010101011 10111110111 1010101111100 1011000111010 101101011001110 1011011100110 0101011000101101100 11110011 1011001101010111 10101001
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and, of, men, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, men, you are repeated.
The author used the same words i, you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Hellenistics;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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