This is an analysis of the poem Decalogue that begins with:
Thou shalt no God but me adore:
'Twere too expensive to have more.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee dd ee cc XXXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 11010011 11001101 11010001 11110101 01100101 11110111 11010111 10110101 11010101 11011111 11111101 11110101 11110101 11110101 01000101 11110101 11110111 10111111 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines got is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Decalogue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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