This is an analysis of the poem The Duellist - Book I that begins with:
The clock struck twelve; o'er half the globe
Darkness had spread her pitchy robe:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddeebbddbbffbbbbddbbbbbbddggbbbbXXcchhiieejjjjddccccddhhXXkkddddhhddccffhhbbffddddeebbbbjjllddbbffbbddjjddbbkkiiccbbbbffbbddlliieXjjddddbbbbmmddjjeebblliiccnneeddddjjbbffcclljjoohpqqbbbbrriiddiiddllhpjjeemmXdkkffiillooccddfXiiggbbiikkmmffnn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 248,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011110101 10110101 10010101 10100111 10111101 01010111 01011101 01010101 11011111 010100101 11010001 10010111 11010101 11010101 11010101 10010101 1101010001 01010111 10110001 11010101 10110001 1100101001 10001111 01010101 11011101 1001011001 11011011 01011101 101011101 11011101 10010101 00110111 11010101 110100001 11011101 01011101 11010001 00010001 01111111 10110101 01110111 01000101 110111010 010111010 101010111 110010101 10011101 01010101 11011101 11100101 11110111 01010101 11000111 11011101 01110001 11011101 10110011 010010101 11011111 101010101 11010101 011100101 00111101 10110001 100101111 11010110 110111001 10110101 11010101 11110111 11111101 11010101 100100101 11010101 11110101 11111101 11100101 11101111 110100111 11110001 10010001 11010101 01110011 11010101 11010100 01010100 11010001 11010101 11010101 11110011 11110101 00110111 11010111 11110101 110010001 11100101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 10111101 01110101 11010001 11110101 0100100101 11110111 11001101 11010101 10010001 10111111 11011101 110100101 11110111 01110011 11010101 11111111 11001101 01011011 11001101 11010101 01010111 11110101 11011101 11011111 011100101 11011101 11010101 11000101 11010101 10010011 11110101 11010100 11010101 10110001 01000101 11110001 111100110 111111010 011100111 101111001 11011011 01010111 11110111 11010001 100100101 11010111 11011101 10010001 11110111 01000101 11110101 01011101 11010101 01010101 100011101 110010101 11011101 01110101 011101011 11011101 011101001 11110101 01010101 11010011 01011011 11110011 01010101 110101001 101101011 110101001 11010011 01010101 11010111 11110011 110001001 01010101 11110101 01110011 110101101 11010101 11001101 01111101 01011001 10110101 11011101 11000111 11001101 11111100 111100111 01000101 11010101 11110101 11110101 11010101 11110101 010000101 11010101 01010101 01010101 11011101 11111111 01000101 10110101 10110101 11010011 10101101 11010111 01100100 11010111 01011101 11111101 11010001 110101001 10110101 110101100 01110101 11010111 11011011 10111101 11111101 11011101 11010101 11110101 01011111 11000101 01100101 111111010 111001010 11110001 11100101 10010100 11010010 01010101 1101001 11010111 01010101 011100101 110101001 11010101 00111101 11010001 11010111 11111111 01001101 11110101 11010101 01000101 10010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 8839
- Average number of words per stanza: 1561
- Amount of lines: 248
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; thy, or, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, bids are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Duellist - Book I;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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