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

From a rude isle, his ruder lineage came.
The spark, that, from a suburb hovel's hearth ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcc aXadXXdee fgfgghXhh ddddddddX gigXXhihh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00110101001 0110010101 0101110001 1101011101 1101111101 0101101101 1100110101 1101010101 110111010101 01110101001 011101110010 0111011111 1111110101 1111111111 111101111 11110110101 0101010101 111101010101 1101111101 1101110101 110101101 1101110100 11010010111 11010100101 0101010100 1101010101 1101001110101 1101011101 01010100101 1101011111 11111111011 1111010101 1111000101 1111001001 1101110001 110101110101 0101010001 0101011111 1101000101 11011101100 1111110111 100110101101 11111101001 1011010101 1001001101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 419
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nor, she, on, and, that, his are repeated.

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

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

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