This is an analysis of the poem The Chronicle that begins with:
A BALLAD.
MARGARITA first possest,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcaac ddebbe dXfggf ddahha ggiddi iiaaaa jjebbe kkibbi aalXbl ddXldX bbgggg eegXXg aamccmXiidkkd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 1010110 01010111 1010101 11010101 0110111 1010101 1010001 001010 101011 11110101 00010011 01001001 010101011 111101010 1010111 11110011 11011101 110101 1011101 1011101 100011 10110101 10110101 1011101 01010101 10100101 010101 1011110 101101001 11010111 11010111 11010101 111101 1010101 0011101 1101001 111111110 101010010 1010001 1111101 11010101 11010101 1110101 1001001 110100001 1110101 1011011 11110101 10011101 1110101 01010100 10110110 01010011 11011100 101011 10110101 1111110 11010001 1101010 1101110 11110101 01110011 01010101 01010101 01011111 11111101 011101011 011111 01010011 01111100 01011100 10010100 11010111 11000101 11010011 10011011 11010101 110011 11010000 11000101 11010101 10110011 10001111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 85
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, then are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words martha, and, the are repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines free is repeated).
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- summary of The Chronicle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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