This is an analysis of the poem Gentleness that begins with:
Blind multitudes that jar confusedly
At strife, earth's children, will ye never rest... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabXccb deadea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101111000 1111001101 0111011101 01001010100 1011011111 1111011101 1110111101 1100010100 1100010011 1101110101 11010101001 1101110001 10111010101 1111001101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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- summary of Gentleness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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