This is an analysis of the poem I Send You Here A Sort Of Allegory that begins with:

I send you here a sort of allegory,
(For you will understand it) of a soul,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabccddXbcXbeeaXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110101010 1101010001 0101010101 01010101001 01001010111 1011010101 0101000111 1101010100 0101010101 11001101110 1101110101 1001010011 11010100011 1111110110 1101110111 1001010110 11011000101 1011110001 0100001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 787
  • Average number of words per stanza: 146
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; of, and, beauty are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, that, and are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase good connects the lines.

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  • summary of I Send You Here A Sort Of Allegory;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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