This is an analysis of the poem Tale Xiv that begins with:

THE STRUGGLES OF CONSCIENCE.
A serious Toyman in the city dwelt,... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,13,35,26,11,50,2,8,28,6,7,9,39,10,71,32,40,18,12,17,9,12,4,6,3,19,9,9,14,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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1101011101 1111110101 0101111101 1111000111 10010100111 1101100101 0101001101 01010000101 1111000111 1010111111 1111011101 0111110101 0101011101 0011010101 0101011011 1101111101 0011011111 1011110101 1001011111 111111010 10 11010001010 1111010111 1101110101 1111110111 1101010101 11001010101 11010101010 110001010101 1001100101 0101010101 0111000101 1111110101 11101101110 1111111101 0001010101 1101110101 111101110 1 01110111101 1101111101 0101111101 10010101001 1101000101 11101010111 1101110101 1111010111 1101110111 1011011101 11010101 01 10011111101 0101010101 01011101001 1001010101 1111010101 1101111101 0101100101 1101110101 0111100101 1101011110 1011011101 1111010001 1111110110 1101010111 0111010101 11010111001 1 1111010101 0101011101 1101010101 1011011011 1111010001 0101010111 1101000101 11011100101 01 1111010111 0101111101 1101010101 11001011101 1011110111 0101010001 1110110101 1110010101 1101110101 11001010101 101000111010 1 1001110101 0101110001 11110101011 1 1101110101 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  • Amount of stanzas: 30
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 733
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 524
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, to, i, what, ', in, my, you, for, her, no, thy, his, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, or, which are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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