This is an analysis of the poem The Usurpation that begins with:
Thou 'adst to my soul no title or pretence;
I was mine own, and free,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXbbac deedaaff effeeeff gaaghhiiXaacabbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11011110110 111111 111101101 11111111001 111100111 1101011011 1110110100 01010100 1011110011 11010111 01000101 11110010111 11111101 1101010100 01010111011 001100111 01010011101 01111101 10011101 1111011101 11111101 1011010011 1011110111 11111101 1111111111 110101001 01011001 1101111001 1100111001 11010011101 1101011001 11010101 1101100101 10110111 10110100 1111000101 01011101 1101011101 11010111101 110100011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 333
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 40
- 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; my, all, from are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thou is repeated.
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- summary of The Usurpation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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