This is an analysis of the poem Aletheia To Phraortes that begins with:
AFTER THE SACKAGE OF MILETOS
Phraortes! where art thou?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aba ccdeed ddfggf gghh igig jXjX gdgd hbXb ekke hhiX Xgig aahhjX diidXfggf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,6,6,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 100100100 10111 0101010111110101 0101111111 1011011101 1010101 110111 110101 111011 110101111101 110011 101101 110101 111101 111101 0011110111 101111 110101 011101 111111 0100111 110111 101111011 110111 1110110101 111111 11011111 111101 1100111 1111111101 11011101001 11001111 11110101 110111 110011110 01011101001 10111 11110101 11110111 11111111 11010111 10010101 11110111 11010101 11010111 101111 01100001101 10111101 111101 01010111 111000011 1110011 100101101 0111110 1101011101 11110011 11110101 10110101 100011110 01011101 11100001 11010001111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, nor are repeated.
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