This is an analysis of the poem Fragments that begins with:
In that fair capital where Pleasure, crowned
Amidst her myriad courtiers, riots and rules, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbbcdXefgXXbXha X iegi jjjj bbbb ahhX X fbiXkaeaeidibbjbcgka X hakhaaka iXciccccffXhdddbbbeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,1,4,4,4,4,1,20,1,8,20,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111001101 0101001001011 11100101001 0111111101 1101010101 01001100100 1100100001 0101110111 0111010101 0101000100 1111011101100 1101010111 1001010011 0101111111 0011000101 1101011101 1 1101111101 1101010000 1001100100 1101010011 1101110111 1001010110 1101010001 0101010111 1111011101 01010100110 10110101110 10010011101 1101110001 1011010001 1101110111 11010101000 1 1101110111 1100010111 1101010011 11111100110 1001011111 1011111111 0111011101 01010011001 1001010101 0111110001 1011111101 0100011101 0111110011 01010110101 1101010111 11110111001 11001010011 1001000100 01011001001 011000101 1 1001100101 01010010111 010010001111 1011101111 11011101011 1101001 1101111111 0101010101 1110111101 110100100 1111011111 1111111101 0110110111 1001110101 01111000101 0001010101 10111100001 1101000111 0100011100 01101110001 01000010101 11000010001 1110001101 11100110101 0111010101 0111010101 1100011111 111111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, of, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words only, the, of, that are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Fragments;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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