This is an analysis of the poem Theron And Zoe that begins with:

Zoe: Changed? very true, O Theron, I am changed.
Theron: It would at least have been as merciful...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdaeXaaf gd fhgadi d dd j aXfk f hgae fe hiiig dlka dg X d b ha i c mfa b d khng kdh oa ea empc anloi f b jec d h o d p aegfnXc ebXhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,2,6,1,2,1,4,1,4,2,5,4,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,3,1,1,4,3,2,2,4,5,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,7,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101110111 100111101100 01010101010 1101110111 1101110111 0101010111 10111011100 1101010101 0111001111 0100110111 101111101101 0111011101 101111010111 1101010101 010010010101 1111000101 1001110001 1111010100 1011 10011101110 11110 1011111 101111110111 1111011111 0100111011 1101 1001 1001010 1100111111 1101011111 111101 101101 11111111 1011 1100010101 1001010100 0001011101 1111010101 1111111101 0101111111 1011010111 011111 101101 0101 10111110 10111 101110111 101110111101 1101010111 101111111101 100110 1011111 1011010101 001001 101111 1001110 1011101 1101000111 1111011101 1110111111 101101010101 1111110011 1001111101 101111110100 010111 101011 11110 1010111 0101011101 0101110001 11010010 10001 1100000111 01011111001 01111100100 1001110101 101101011101 101111 10101101 11010111011 11110 1011101 10101111101 1010011100110 1011 1011 10110101 1101111101 1111110111 11110011011 1101000111 01010111111 11011110 1011 111101 101101 10111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 40
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; it, together, you, i, no, not, theron, let, to, that are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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