This is an analysis of the poem A Poet Leaving Athens that begins with:
Speak not too ill of me, Athenian friends!
Nor ye, Athenian sages, speak too ill!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXcdcXaXaefebXfbdeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11110101001 11010010111 0100111101 1111111101 1011011011 0010001101 1111010111 10010101100 0100110101 1101110111 1011010101 1101110111 1111011101 1101010101 1010011101 0101010101 1111010101 0110110101 0111110101 1101110001 1110110111 11111000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 925
- Average number of words per stanza: 172
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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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- summary of A Poet Leaving Athens;
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