This is an analysis of the poem Remarks On The Bright And Dark Side that begins with:

But may a Rural Pen try to set forth
Such a Great Fathers Ancient Grace and worth... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXbbdeeeccffggddhhiieeffXcjjffffcckkXfffffhhhhddllhhmmeXeemmddmmkkXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101011011 1011010111 11010111001 101101011 11110000101 1101101000 1001011111 1101011101 0111110100 0101101110 010101111 11010110001 1111001101 0101010101 1101011101 1101111111 1101101001 1111010101 1001010111 1001111101 0101110011 1101001101 1011101001 1101111101 100101101 1100010111 11010010101 0011000101 1110010110 10011100001 0101010111 0111000101 11001111101 0101000101 0101010111 0100010101 0100110001 1111111101 0101001101 1111010101 0011010101 1000111100 0100010101 1111101101 1101101101 1001110001 100101011 1110000110 1001011001 110010001101 0110010101 1111100101 1111110101 110111001 1101000101 01110100111 1011110111 01111101001 1011110101 1100110101 1100110101 0111011100 1101011111 1011110101 1101010101 01111101001 0101111111 0101011101 1101010101 0111011001 01000111001 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3080
  • Average number of words per stanza: 564
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, things, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word his is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase vaults connects the lines.

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  • summary of Remarks On The Bright And Dark Side;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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