This is an analysis of As Psyche-Life Goes Down To The Shades by Osip Emilevich Mandelstam.

As Psyche-Life goes down to the shades
In a translucent forest in Persephone's tracks,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXX cbXX Xaca XXcX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110111001 0001010010001 01101101 01001001011 011010100 1011100001 11101010 01010101 1101001001001 0100101010 1010100100110 01101010 100100101101001 01111010101 11010110101 0101001010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

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