This is an analysis of the poem The Bad Monk that begins with:

On the great walls of ancient cloisters were nailed
Murals displaying Truth the saint,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb adcd dae eXc X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10110101001 10010101 10110001010 1010110101 0011111001 111010010101 11010101001 1101110111 10100111001 101001101101 101101001001 11011011 01010001100 01011101011 0101100100 01011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, my are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Bad Monk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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