This is an analysis of the poem Prayer To Our Lady Of Paphos that begins with:

Dapple-throned Aphrodite,
eternal daughter of God,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc Xde dff gag hee bfc fii XXh XXg hdb Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 0101001 1101111 111011 1111111 1111001 0110101 1101011 1001101 10111010 1010110 1111101 1010101 11110111 111011 1011010 111011 0100111 0111100 0101110 1101110 0110111 0111010 1111110 1111000 0101101 0010001 111110 1011011 1110111 10 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, she are repeated.

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  • summary of Prayer To Our Lady Of Paphos;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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