This is an analysis of the poem The Motto that begins with:
Tentanda via est, etc.
What shall I do to be forever known, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabXaabbccXXddaaeebbccffaaggggccbbffhhggccgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010011100 1111000101 11010111 1111110101 01111100 1101110111 11010111 0011010111 01011011 1111010101 110111011 0101011101 10110101 1111111111 1110101 0110110101 110101 10011111111 11010100 11010010011 1010001 10010010101 11101011 1101010011 11011101 1111111111 111101 1011001111 111101 1101011111 11010111 10110111111 011101 11010100101 11111110 1001011001 11110111 1111000011 11111101 1111011111 001101 1111010111 10110100 1101011101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1869
- Average number of words per stanza: 322
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; it, of, my are repeated.
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- summary of The Motto;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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- critical appreciation.
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