This is an analysis of the poem Episode 42 that begins with:
A PERILOUS path, it proved, he trod
who heinously hid, that hall within,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaacddebccaXfcabgXhfXafbaecaafeaijkbeiffXXldgkalXaXahXadddelXXXbcifakbaccjebbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 79,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010010111 110011101 110101011 1001101101 010101010 1100101110 1101101110 011110101 1101111010 1110100111 01111100111 110101101 0010111001 111010110 10100111 10111111 11111101010 10011101 10101010 1001101110010 101101111 01010111 0111101010 1100011110111 111111110 00111001001 010100101 1100101101 110101111 110111111 0101011011 1111101101 100111011 110011111 1100100101 0111101111 110010111 11001011110 1111111111 101001000101 0100100111 1001001110 01111001011 11110110101 011101010 1111001111 110111111 1111110111 010101111 1111001010 101011111 1001001010 101010101 10101010 111111001 10101100111 10111001101010 11111010100 1111001010 1100101010 1100110111 101010010 110111010 101001010 01111101 1101100101 100110111 01011101 111111001 1101001001 1010010100 101111011 1111001001 111001011 01100110101 1101011001 10101101110 10110111 10100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3286
- Average number of words per stanza: 608
- Amount of lines: 79
- 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; with, of, and, his are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase still connects the lines.
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- summary of Episode 42;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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