This is an analysis of the poem The Apology that begins with:
ADDRESSED TO THE CRITICAL REVIEWERS.
Tristitiam et Metus.--HORACE.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b ccccddeeaaffgghhiiaaccbbffjjffggbbccffeebXkkffcchhiiccggffddaaiillcckkffaaeekkggccabeeXmaaiiddeeggnnnaakkeeddaakkiikkccccggeeaacckkffbboXffggaaeecchhcceehhkkggjjiiddggiiccbbffddcceenngXdpddccddffhhffaaaakqbbccoollccccccggeekkffccdpbbeerraakkmmiiggccaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,421,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0100100010 10011010 1101110101 0101010101 1010100100101 11010101001 00110100101 1101010101 1111110111 0101001101 10110010101 0111011101 1101010101 111010101 0101111101 0101110001 1101000101 1101010101 01110111001 1101111101 1001111101 1111110001 11010100101 0110010101 1101000001 11001110111 1001010101 100101101011 1001011101 01001010101 0101011101 01000100101 101111001001 1111011011 1001010101 10001110101 1101000101 0101010101 1001110101 0101110001 1001010011 1111110101 1001010111 1101110101 0100010101 1111111101 1110010101 01010000101 1101010101 11010101001 01010101001 1101010101 1011111101 0101110101 1101110101 0111110101 1111011101 0101000101 1001110001 1101000101 10010100101 1111011111 1111011111 1011000101 1011110101 1111010111 01010101001 1011110101 1101010111 1001110101 1111100101 1111000101 0101011101 0011000101 1001010111 1101010101 0111010111 01010011101 1111011101 0101011001 11010010101 1001011001 0101010101 0111000101 1111010111 11110011101 01010100101 0101110101 1101111101 1000110101 0101010101 1101011100 0100110101 0101110101 1101010101 1101100101 11010101010 01011101110 1101000111 1101110100 1101010101 1111011101 1101010101 1110111101 1001011101 1111110101 0101110101 11110110101 0111000101 1011110101 1011110111 10010010011 1111011111 11010110001 010001011101 1001111111 1111010101 11101000111 0101011101 11001010100001 1101001101 0101011101 0101110101 0111110101 1001011111 1111110101 11010010111 1101010101 0101010001 11001011101 01001010001 1111110101 1101110101 1011001111 1101010101 1101011101 1101011001 1101110111 01010001010 11000100101 1001010111 1101010101 1101010111 11001110101 11011100101 1101010101 0101010111 11111101011 01001111101 1111010111 1101001101 1111010101 1101011001 01010100101 1011010111 0101011101 1111010101 11011100011 0101111101 1011110111 1011011111 1111000101 0101000101 11011101001 11011111101 0101010101 1111011111 1111001101 0111010111 1111011101 1101110111 1110000101 111111101 1011010101 1001010001 1101010111 0101111101 11001010111 1111010101 0111111101 11110100101 0111110101 110011101001 10001010101 10110000101 0111110101 11010001010 0111001111 1111110100 1101010101 1111000101 1101010101 1101011101 00010011111 0111010111 1001010101 0101010101 0111111101 0101010101 1111010101 1101111101 1101010101 0111000101 1111011101 0101010101 11010100111 01010101010 0101001001 11001010101 1011010101 1100010101 1101110101 01010010101 010110101 1001010101 0100110111 1101010001 01001110101 1001011101 1101000111 0101000101 1111011101 1101011101 1101011111 0111100101 1101110101 1101011101 1101010101 0101010101 110101101 0100010001 1011011110 1111010100 1011011101 1101011101 1101010101 0101110101 0101111101 0101010101 11101100101 1001010101 1101011101 0101010101 11010101111 11001110101 1011010111 1101000101 01010101001 1101010101 0100011101 1101011111 0101011111 0111000101 1101010101 1111011001 10110111110 11110101110 1011110111 0111010101 0101010101 0101010101 0101011101 0101010001 1101010011 0111110101 1011011101 1001111111 1011010101 0101111101 1101010101 1101110111 0101111111 01110100101 1111011101 1101000111 1011011101 0111011101 1011010101 0101111101 10100001101 1111011101 0000111111 0101110101 0101010101 1111111101 11111010101 1101000101 1011000101 11010001011 0011010111 0101010101 0111010101 01010101001 1111110101 1101110101 1101010101 1101010101 1011001101 1101011101 0101011101 0101010101 1111010111 10001110111 11110011001 1011110101 1001110101 1111010101 0101010001 1111010101 0101010101 0101010101 1001110001 1101110101 1101010101 11001110101 01010111001 0101010111 0101010101 01010010101 0111010111 11001110101 1101110101 0101010101 1001010101 1111011101 0101010101 0101010101 0101010101 1111010101 1001010101 1010000101 1001110001 0101010101 01001101001 1101000101 0111110001 1101110101 1101010101 1101010101 01001001101 11010101001 1011010101 0111010101 1101110101 1111011101 0111011101 0101010001 01010101001 1101010101 1001010101 1101010101 11111100101 1101010101 1011011101 0111010101 01001010001 01001000101 1001011101 1111011101 0111010101 1100011101 1101011111 1110011101 1011010101 1001000101 1101010101 0101110101 0101010101 1111010101 1111010101 101001001001 1011010101 1001000100 10010101010 01011111010 1011010011 1011111111 1111110111 1101010101 1011101101 1001010101 1100110101 0101010101 0101010101 11011110101 1001010011 0101010101 01001010101 1011010001 1111011101 010101010 0101110101 1111111101 1101100101 0111010101 1001011101 1101010101 1101011001 1101010101 1001010101 0101000101 1011010001 1101110101 1111011101 1111010000 1011111111 0111011111 1101111111 1101010111 01010010111 1001010101 1011010101 1111001101 1111010011 1111000101 1001010111 0101010101 00111101011 0001011101 0110010101 1110110101 1001111101 0101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 6171
- Average number of words per stanza: 1080
- Amount of lines: 423
- 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, of, in, we, wrote, i, me, and, 'tis, all, no, to, they, with, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, hence, no, to, in, still, with are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase all connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Apology;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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