This is an analysis of Archimedes by Friedrich Schiller.

To Archimedes once a scholar came,
"Teach me," he said, "the art that won thy fame;--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbXccXXccXX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010101 101011111111 0101111101 11011011101 0101110111 11010101010 10111000101 11001010001 10101000101 1101010101 1101110101 0111110101 1101010110 11010101010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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