This is an analysis of the poem The Mouse's Petition that begins with:
OH ! hear a pensive captive's prayer,
For liberty that sighs;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb ccdc edfd egeg chch adhd ebhb cibi Xeee haca eebeXfaga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101001 110011 11011101 0101001 11011111 010101 110110101 110101 010110101 110101 11110101 011101 11110101 111001 11011101 011101 01010001 110101 10110101 110101 01010101 1101010 11010001 0101010 01110101 010101 11011101 111111 01110101 010101 111101001 0100101 01100111 010111 11011101 010101 10010101 010111 11010111 110101 11111001 011101 110010111 011101 11010101 111111 11110111 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Mouse's Petition;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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