This is an analysis of the poem The Dunciad: Book Iv that begins with:

Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light
Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbbb ccXdaaee eeff ffeeggggeeeehhccXaiieeff cceeeejj Xkgglliihch ffllffffXh ggcceeeegg bbllffggll aaXmeeggaa eeXXhheeccnniiggaa llooggee ggjjaaeX lllXeeffffllff ggddeellggppeemmmmXhaaffgX ggggmmccbbggbX mXffccjjjXmmaaXjeeeeggffggddmmaochcoXha gXkcjjc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,24,8,11,10,10,10,10,18,8,8,14,26,14,39,21,16,38,200,24,66,26,52,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 211
  • Amount of lines: 676
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, her, to, in, on, words, or, it, sons, no, at, as, his, be, hand, its, i, we, all, with, my, nor, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, now, and, the, who, or, how, each, nor, as, it, i, of are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it 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 The Dunciad: Book Iv;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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