This is an analysis of the poem Monica that begins with:

Pardon give to Monica,
She is so very fair—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcbXdbdAAcdcXeceAABXbXdXdA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 101101 1111100 10101 0011001 10111 0010101 010101 1010100 1010100 010001 1101111 10101 0010101 11111 1010011 11110 1010100 1010100 101101 1110111 10101 1110111 01101 1010101 111101 1010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 705
  • Average number of words per stanza: 130
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; give is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word pardon is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Monica;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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