This is an analysis of the poem The Cynic's Bequest that begins with:
In that fair city, Ispahan,
There dwelt a problematic man,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbccccbXddeebbee aaffgg AXgg XebbcchhbXbXcXceebbbbffcciijjbbddiikkaaaaaXlX XcmmddcceeddiihhnniiXXiiXkmmaa XanXneennAXXXllXbooXbccbblXbbaaiijjbbeebbbXnjbbpX ffqqbbcchhppaXaa mmbbffiiaaccmmll bbaa ddbbeeeeaXllehrraabXlX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,6,4,45,30,49,16,16,4,22,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110100 11010101 11010101 11011101 11110101 10010101 11000101 01100101 01000101 011111011 11000101 11000101 110100101 01010001 11011101 11010101 11011111 01010101 11010101 01000101 11000001 11010111 11010111 11110111 11010101 01000100 11110001 11011101 10010110 0110101 01010101 110010011 01010101 11011101 11000101 10010101 11110001 01001100 11010111 01011110 011110001 01010100 01010101 11010101 01010101 11010001 01010101 11011101 11010001 11011111 01111111 11110111 11111001 11000111 11010101 110101010 111010010 1111110110 010001010 11110101 01011111 11000101 01111100 01000001 01111101 100111010 110101110 110010101 001000101 11111101 11110100 11011101 11010010 11010100 01010111 11001101 01010101 11000101 11011101 010111010 110101010 010101001 01011111 01100111 11010101 01000011 01111101 11010001 01010101 11111101 11010111 01110101 11010011 110101010 011101010 01110111 01010101 01010011 11010001 10010101 11010101 110111011 01010101 01000100 11010101 11010101 110101010 010010101 01010011 01010101 01010111 01010011 11010101 01100100 11010110 100010 01011101 11110101 011101001 110100101 11001111 11011101 010001011 01010101 11011101 10000101 11010011 01010001 110011111 01010010 01000001 11110001 110100111 01010111 01011001 01111101 011101110 010001010 011000011 11010101 01011111 11010111 01111101 11110001 01110001 100011100 01111111 010011010 101101111 01010101 01000101 010101010 10110101 11010111 0111111 01010001 11111101 10010001 110011101 01000101 11000101 01010101 111100010 010100010 0100101001 11010100 111101010 110101010 01011101 111100101 01011101 11010001 01110011 01010001 110111010 1010111010 11010101 01001111 01111101 01011101 100000101 11010001 11010101 11001111 11010101 101010101 01100101 01000101 010010101 010101001 11010101 11010101 10010101 0100110011 10100101 01010101 11010111 01000100 01110101 011101001 010101011 1011100010 10010111 11010101 11010101 01001101 11010101 01010100 01011101 11010010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 696
- Average number of words per stanza: 127
- Amount of lines: 210
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; never, naughty, or, of, to, as, and, my, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, to, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines enough, to are repeated).
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- summary of The Cynic's Bequest;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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