This is an analysis of the poem About Troy that begins with:

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Troy O Troy...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X AXbcb bddbe CbCb fffcfXa bAf gc XX X Db fX De dX db bXgXXfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,4,7,3,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111 11000 011101010 101001101100100 1101 111 11010 01001 110010 101 101 10010010 101 010010 101010 01001 101001 0100101 001 0101 00011 011010010 111 010010 0101000111 0101101001 0101011 101001001 1 1101010101 101011010 1110011 100100110010 1101010101 111010101 111001 0101111 1101010101 11111110 0101 100100 01010011 0101 010010 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, they, about are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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