This is an analysis of the poem Forgiven that begins with:
I found a little beetle; so that Beetle was his name,
And I called him Alexander and he answered just the same....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcccb ddee dddd ffcX bbbXXddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101110101 111110101110101 11100111111101 11011101 11011101 11111101 110101 11110101110110 11110101111101 11111101010001 101010101010101 11111101110101 111110101110111 011010101011101 111010111110101 11010101010101 111010101010101 111010101110101 11011101010101 011010100110110 111010110110101 111010110111101 11010101110110 11010101111110 111010101010101 11111101010001 101010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, beetle, him, she, said, we, of, he, very are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, and are repeated.
The author used the same word she 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 out is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Forgiven;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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