This is an analysis of the poem By Heraclides that begins with:
In Cnidus born, the consort I became
Of Euphron. Aretimias was my name.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101001101 0101000111 0111110101 1111010111 1111010101 1001010111 11101000111 0101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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