This is an analysis of the poem Speaking Of Poetry that begins with:

The ceremony must be found
that will wed Desdemona to the huge Moor.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcdXefXagafXhefeaXdfXXhXhgbdeichXXAffib
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 10110000011 00101 01001000100 1011000101010 11010010111 1111010011 010101010010 1001 10010000010101 0110111101 101100 100110 11110010101 10000100110010 1101010101 0100110001100 0111010010 1111010100 110010101110 011101000010 1101000011000 10101010101 01011101 110010111 00101000011 10100 10001111 10010110 10110100010 0010101 100101 1111101101 001110101100 11011010111 01010101 010001010 101010001 1010011100100 010101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1509
  • Average number of words per stanza: 266
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, it are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Speaking Of Poetry;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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