This is an analysis of the poem The Imitator that begins with:
Good from the good,--to the reason this is not hard of conception;
But the genius has power good from the bad to evoke....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0000001000110010 10101100001001 100101111010110 100110010011100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; good, to are repeated.
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- summary of The Imitator;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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