This is an analysis of the poem Don Quixote that begins with:

On receiving a bottle of Sherry Wine of the same name
WHAT 'blushing Hippocrene' is here! what fire... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbbccXcdcadca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101001001010011 110100001110 0011010011 1101110101 01100101010 01010101010 0111010111 0101010101 11010100001 1011 111111 0100111101 010011000101 0101110000 110010100111 1001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 654
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; of is repeated.

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

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