This is an analysis of the poem Ambition that begins with:
If you would rise above the throng
And seek the crown of fame, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgdXX hfhfidid gjgjeieX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01110101 110101 11111101 110101 11011111 110011 01010101 010101 11010101 011101 01110101 110001 01110101 1001001 11000110 110001 11111101 110111 11010001 111101 11111101 111001 11110101 110001 01101101 010111 01010101 110001 01010111 0100101 01100101 110110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words whatever, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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- summary of Ambition;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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