This is an analysis of the poem Corinna, From Athens, To Tanagra that begins with:

Tanagra! think not I forget
Thy beautifully-storey’d streets;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd ceceddff dgdgaadd dcdcddhh Xcacbbdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10011101 1100101 01110011 01100111 011100101 11010101 110101010 10001010111110 11001101 11001101 01010111 01110101 010111001 01011101 01010101 011111011001 11010101 01110101 11100101 11011101 01010101 100110011 01111111 100001110001 1011011 11110111 10010101 010100101 11010101 11100101 00011101 010111010111 11110110 01010101 11000111 01110110 01111101 11010101 110100111 110111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; crown is repeated.

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

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