This is an analysis of the poem Alciphron And Leucippe that begins with:

An ancient chestnut’s blossoms threw
Their heavy odour over two:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccddeeffgg hhaa ffgg h ihi i f ai XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,4,4,1,3,1,1,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 1000111 01011100 11111101 010110001 110010101 01111101 100101001 00110101 11110101 01010111 10110101 01011111 11111101 11010111 1011110111 11011111 11110111 11111101 10011010101 11111111 11011101 11111111 1011001100 10001110001 01111101 01111101 1011110111 10011110 10111 11110101 10001 10011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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  • history of its creation;
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