This is an analysis of the poem To Erinna that begins with:
Was Time not harsh to you, or was he kind,
O pale Erinna of the perfect lyre, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXabccXdaddaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111011111 1110000011 11111101010 011100101001 1101010101 1111100101 1111000100 0111011000 1111100100 0101011101 0101111111 10111010001 1101110001 10010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 582
- Average number of words per stanza: 115
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of To Erinna;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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