This is an analysis of the poem The Introduction that begins with:
Did I, my lines intend for publick view,
How many censures, wou'd their faults persue,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXaaXbbccddeeffggccbbXcdddXbbXagghhbbibaXXiaajjjjcXaXjjcciiXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 64,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111011101 1101001111 1101111101 1110010100 1101011110 0101101101 1101011101 1111110101 0101010101 1101010101 10010010001 011111001 1111011111 0101010101 10010011010 01111110010 1111011011 1101011011 1011000101 0111110111 1111011111 1001010101 01101001010 11011100110 11111101011 0101110111 0101011101 01001010101 11001000111 1101000101 0101010101 101001100101 10110101111 11010110101 0101001101 1101110001 0111010101 0101000101 1101010111 1111010101 1101010101 1001000101 01011100101 11010011110 01011101011 111111001 0110010011 1101010101 10010010101 1101010001 1111110101 1101011101 10001011001 10010101100 1011110101 0101010101 11101010101 0101111101 0101111101 101001000010 1001101001 0111101101 11010111011 010111101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2837
- Average number of words per stanza: 494
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and, or, our, of, on, she, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words such, the, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Introduction;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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