This is an analysis of the poem Of Wit that begins with:
TELL me, O tell, what kind of thing is Wit,
Thou who Master art of it. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffbbee ggggaahh aaiXiijX aaeehhXX ccjXbbaa kkjXXXhh jjlliijXXddaahhcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111110101 1110100 10110101001 11011100111 010100101 10010101 1011011111 1100011111 1011011111 01110011 1111010101 1101100101 11111101 11010101 1010010011 11010100101 1101110101 110101 1111010101 1111010111 11011101 010010101 1101111101 0101110101 1101110101 011101 1101111001 110001001010 10010111 01000101 1100111111 11110111 1110011111 111111 1011111101 1011111101 10010101 01010101 11011111111 010111010 1111111111 11111101 0111110111 010110001 11111101 11010101 11010110111 0101110101 1111111101 11000101 10110000101 1011011100 10111001 11111000 10011101001 1101110001 0011011110 111101 10011001111 1101110111 110100101 01011101 1011010101 01110001 1111111101 11011101 1111111111 1101010001 01110011 1010111 1111110100 11001111110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; , be, all, you, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, nor are repeated.
The author used the same word 'tis at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase less connects the lines.
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- summary of Of Wit;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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