This is an analysis of the poem Five Critcisms that begins with:

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(_On many recent novels by the conventional unconventionalists_.)...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X bcbc dede fdfd gg X g ahah iXXa jkcX jkXX X X lglg memX jgjg aX X n aedoed hhnjkknnjj igpgqqip gkckgaanancrc rXrjjmmiijjcccciimiXcmccdd a f gjpncXmfsoaXsghjrg a cffccffcXkfkXa X pppppppp pcpcjj X Xaaccaac ckckXm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,2,1,1,4,4,4,4,1,1,4,4,4,2,1,1,6,10,8,13,26,1,1,18,1,14,1,8,6,1,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1101010100100100000 11011101011 1010010101 1101110101 1101111101 1101010101 01110101101 10111110101 0101010111 1111110110 1011110101 11101111010 1011110111 1101111011 1111111101 1 1010100111110101 11001010011 1011110111 0101010111 1100101101 1100111111 1011111101 11110110111 1110111101 11010101110 0100010111 11111111 111 10011100010 11011100111 111101101 11 1 110001000100 0101111101 1011011101 1111111100 1111111011 1011001101 0011110111 0011110101 11010111010 0101111101 01110111011 11010010101 11110111001 0111010101 1111111101 1 11010 10010101 11010001 0100110111 110110100 1101001101 1111110001 1111011101 01011001001 1101011111 1111 1101010111 011011 1011110101 1001110101 1011110111 1111010001 1101110101 1111011111 0111011011 0101010111 1111010101 0101000111 1111010001 1100010100 01011101 1101 011101 0101010111 1101111011 1101 0101000101 1001010101 011101101 1001010011 11101111011 11001010001 0101010011 110101 100110100 1110010101 1001010111 0100101 0111110100 110110011 1001110001 110101 100101011 0111011111 1001100101 1001010001 1101110101 0111011111 11111101101 010101 11101000001 1101010011 1001110101 1001010111 1001110110 1100011 1001110111 1011010001 1101110111 1 110 101011000010101011 10001011001010110 10001010011010010110 110010000100001100 010100010011000111 010010011001100110001000 1111111110101 100101111100101000 001111101010001010 1111011011001000110 11101011101101011 11010111010110000 100101000101010100 110111010100111 1010101101100001 111110011001101101 1111001111110101 10 1 0001100101 001100110010 01010101010 1011011111 11010111001 110011111010 110011101010 11001010111 0001010101 100101001001 1111011110 1101010111 1111010101 1111110101 1 0011101101 11001010001 1001010111 001110100101 1111010101 01010011111 1101010101 0101110011 11010101010 0111001101 11110110110 1101110101 1101110111 1111010101 1 1101110101 1101011111 1111111101 1011011111 1101110101 11010101001 1101011111 1111010101 1011110001 1111111101 1100010111 1110110111 1111110011 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 187
  • 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; his, own, for, ', and, your, our, who, of, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words this, if, whose, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word then 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 ' 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 Five Critcisms;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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