This is an analysis of the poem The Poet's Apology that begins with:

Our poet has never as yet
Esteemed it proper or fit...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbacaaddeeaffafffddffeXXccffffgXhhccddiiccjjccbbccaaffkkeXggdXhhaaccaaaaaffdXXbXbXlleeedddaacchhhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 100,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011 0101011 0011001 10001 10101001 11001101 10101 101001 11101001001 011001011011 001001 1011 100101101 0101 0101 1100100100 01011 101001 101011001011 0101101011 111001001001 11011101 10010110 110111011 0101101010 0101110010 0101011001 10100111 101001001 1010110111 11101 01001 1010101101 110011101 111001 0111 0101001001 1110100101 0010010101 11011101 1111101 0100100101 101101001 1100100111 011111101 0010100101 01010101 10100101001 00100100101 10110100 010101010 100101010 01011101 10010101 100101010 1100110101 1111011011010 11001110010 11011011011 11001011001 110100001 0101101001 1001110101 10101110010 111100111 0100101001 100100111 1010011001 101001011 111100111 111010111110 110110110010 11101 01001 001001 00101 11101 111000101 110100011001000 110110110010 110110 110010 110110 111100 10100101101 101101101101 110110111 110111111 011100101 01000101 0100101001 110011111 10110001 1110111111 01011101 101 00101 101 10101 01010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 600
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, know, or, he, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, not, all, he, his are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Poet's Apology;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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