This is an analysis of the poem The Writer's Hand that begins with:
What is your want, perpetual invalid
Whose fist is always beating on my breast's...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXbbX XXXcccd eaeddff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10110100010 1101110111 110100010011 1100011010 0101011111 111101 0110011001 0001010011 0111000101 11110100010 01100101 110101001011 110111100001 000101011101 1101010001 0110011111 0101000111 0110111101 0101010111 0011110101 1101111011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Writer's Hand;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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