This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of Adonis that begins with:
Fragments 108, 110, 115, 117, 116, 111, 114, and 113 combined.
This is the lamentation-song...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcXdbdXXbbcceeaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,18,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011111111101 00010001 1010110101 1110100101 111011101 111111101 110111101 01011110010 110010010100 1100100101 1111001101 1101111001 1110100111 11011111 11100101101 1111101001 1110100101 11001110001 1101111011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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.
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