This is an analysis of the poem A Political Apostate that begins with:
Good friend, it is with deep regret I note
The latest, strangest turning of your coat;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccddeeaabbff ggbbgggghhii jjaakklljjggcXbbaaammggggcceee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,12,30,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100010111 0101010011 1101111101 0101111001 11111111001 0101010101 1101010001 0101100101 0101001111 0101000111 0101010001 1101010001 0101010111 1011000101 11010100101 0111110101 1101000111 0101111101 1100010101 1111011111 10010011101 1101010011 0111110111 1111010001 0111010001 1101000101 010011001010 11111101010 1100010001 11110010101 1111100101 0111001101 1111010111 1101010001 1101010111 11000111101 0101010101 110110001 1101010101 101001011 1111010101 01000101101 0101010111 1100010101 0101010111 1011011101 0101010011 1001110001 111000101 1101001111 0100010001 1101110101 0111000101 1100110110 1101111001 1001111101 1100110001 01111010101 1111110101 1101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 828
- Average number of words per stanza: 145
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; to, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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