This is an analysis of the poem An Apology that begins with:

To finish what's begun, was my intent,
My thoughts and my endeavours thereto bent;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcXaacXddaabbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101101101 11111001001 0111011111 0111011101 0011111101 01011000001 1101011101 1110011110 1101110011 0101110001 11011101101 11011111010 11110101010 11010101010 1111010111 1111011101 1111111101 1111001111 1101010111 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 845
  • Average number of words per stanza: 159
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; i, my, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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  • summary of An Apology;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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