This is an analysis of the poem To Aphrodite that begins with:

You know the place: then
Leave Crete and come to us...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb bdX XdX cXX aXX Xd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 111101 101010 100111 100101 110101 11010 101001 110101 110011 111011 110111 0101101 1011100 111101 100110 10 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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