This is an analysis of the poem Soliloquy that begins with:

August and laurelled have been content to speak for an age,
and the ages that follow...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbcXdXecceXbaedc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100101001111 1010110 01011100100 1111000111000 111010101001010 11010 10111011 1110101001 010010111111 101010010 01101110110 1011010101 1111010110110 001010 1001100101 11011011 111110111011 1010100 1110010001 111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 851
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; for is repeated.

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

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