This is an analysis of the poem Miscast I that begins with:
I have whetted my brain until it is like a Damascus blade,
So keen that it nicks off the floating fringes of passers-by,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbbbXXXXX aXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1110110100100101 111011010100101 111011101 00001001 101011011000000 101001011 11 001000101010011 110110100 111010 1010101 101101001 1111011 00101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word so is repeated.
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- summary of Miscast I;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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