This is an analysis of the poem The Subdued Editor that begins with:
Pope-choker Pixley sat in his den
A-chewin' upon his quid.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab Xcbc dcdc dedX bfbf aeae dedX gfgf hXhd XebX afafXeheh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101001 0100101 1101101111 11010010 0101100001 11011101 1010100101 0100101 0101110001 1110101 1110100101 1000101 01011011001 11011011 011110101 10100 111110001001 101001111 1101101101 11111111 11110001001 00101001 0010110101 00100001 101001101 0101111 0101101101 100100 1100110101 11001011 1110111101 0100101 1110001101 001010010 11110000111 1111101 11011110 10101111 1101101001 1001111 1110110101 1111111 1001101001 111111 110000100 1010101 0101100111 1000101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; he, ', and, sets, sweats are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, a, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Subdued Editor;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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