This is an analysis of the poem Oenone that begins with:
On the holy mount of Ida,
Where the pine and cypress grow,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcBdbeb fghgeghg edidedfd jdkdihch Xklklfdf mjXjchmh ccichjij XnonXojo chjhkhXh XdodhdcX XBABabeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 1011101 10111010 1010101 10001010 0010101 10101010 1100101 10101010 1010101 100111011 1110101 11101110 1111111 11111011 1010111 11111010 1111101 11111010 1111111 11111010 10101001 11111010 1111111 10111010 1111111 10010110 1111101 10011010 1111101 11011010 1111111 11110110 1011001 10111010 1010001 11100010 1010101 11111101 1010111 11101010 1011101 10101010 1000111 11111110 0011101 11111010 1011111 11101010 0010111 00101110 1010101 101011011 1110001 11111010 1011111 11101110 10100101 11111110 1010101 11101010 0011101 11111010 1111101 10101010 1010101 10101010 1011101 10101011 1000101 101010100 1010101 11101010 1111101 10101010 1010101 10111001 1011101 11110010 1011011 1010110 1010101 10101010 1011101 001110010 1010001 10001010 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, my, i, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, why, would, i, with, where, leave, all, never are repeated.
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- summary of Oenone;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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