This is an analysis of the poem The Gallery that begins with:
Clora come view my Soul, and tell
Whether I have contriv'd it well.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcdddd eXeeffgg hhXijjii Xfkkggbb ffbbiiaa ggffbcgX ffllggaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111111 10110101 110100101 01001100 10110101 010010111 11110011 10110011 11110001 01001100 01000111 10110101 10111101 0110100 01011101 1111111 110101111 10010001 10011101 11010101 11010111 110111001 11110101 10101101 11100111 10110101 11010111 10010001 01010101 11110101 11010101 00010101 10111101 11000101 01010111 01011101 10110101 01010001 11111111 11001001 11010101 01110011 01011101 10011101 11010101 11010100 10010101 11111100 10110101 11010111 10110101 01011111 01010011 11010001 01010011 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 word and is repeated.
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- summary of The Gallery;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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