This is an analysis of the poem Thebaid that begins with:

How many turn back toward dreams and magic, how many
children...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdddXXX XecfagddXXgdgcddfcdbdede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011011110110 10 110101101 010110010111001 011011010111 11010011111101 110101101 11010010001011010 001010101101 1011001000100 111100111111 1101001010011 1011100011110 101010101100 110100101101 001101101100 1011101101 11001010101001 10011 100111 10100100 101001 1101101011 1101111 10100101 10111 00100100001 101101 1101111 1001111 01011101010 010001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 437
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; what, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Thebaid;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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