This is an analysis of the poem Great Are The Myths that begins with:
GREAT are the myths--I too delight in them;
Great are Adam and Eve--I too look back and accept them;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcdef ghbc cicX idgc Xgjk hjlb bgaiX ibjd hmkXk ff biXcn olofece Xg celXhhe hbhccb mgen dbdXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,5,2,5,7,2,7,6,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110100 11101111111010 10101101011101010 0101010011 10100100100111100 1001011111111 11001011101 101100101111011 1 101101001001010 10 11101011011 1010 1111111110101011 10101 11111010001110 01010 0110101001111 01010 100111110100 110111010101 1001 1111110101001011 0100101010110111 10010010 1101110101011110 1010011 1001101001100 1101001110001010 10111011110001000 01101010010110011 1011 1001000101 0100010101011110 00010000011101011101 110 010101100010111 01010110101011101 01010100110101 010101001010101010 1110101101 11001110100111011 111111011001101 101000010000100 000101010100001101 11010110011001 00101100101101 0101010 100101110111010 10010111111010010 10 0001000111101001 1 011111011110110 01000011 1011101111001 1101011111001 1010 100110110101100001 0100101101011110 010010011 0001000110110100010011 11110101100101 010 110101100101011000 011 0010101111011001 0101 111010111011101 01010 001111011110101 1 01001111111111 111011111 101111000101010 10111111101011 11010 1110111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 82
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, great, i, you, as, it, this, in, man, there, truth, if, be, of, english, rule, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word great is repeated.
The author used the same word great at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them, you are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase justice connects the lines.
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