This is an analysis of the poem Aeschylos And Sophocles that begins with:

Sophocles: Thou goest then, and leavest none behind Worthy to rival thee!
Aeschylos: Nay, say not so....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccXXXX deafXgf XXgdg dXXdeXXdaX abcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,7,5,10,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100111110101100101 1001111 1001110101 0111110101 11001101101 0101011100 1111110100 1001010 100100 1110010101 1001010101 1000110101 1101011101 0101110101 01010101001 1001111 100101 1111010001 0100010101 11001011111 1001001110101 1101110011 0111010011 1110110111 0101110001 1101010011 1101 110011 0111010111 1111100001 1001111010111 110101 0101 1001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sophocles, kings are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word sophocles is repeated.

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  • summary of Aeschylos And Sophocles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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