This is an analysis of the poem Philosophy that begins with:
Ere all the world had grown so drear,
When I was young and you were here,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaa bbcc ddee bbff ggfX ggeh ii Xbbeh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 11111101 1101001010 110111010 10110101 11001011 11111101 01011101 11111100 01111111 110110101 10010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 111101111 01010101 01111101 11111001 01001001100 11110101 11110111 10111111 100110100 11110110 11010100 11111111 01111101 11011101 01010100
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
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- summary of Philosophy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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