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

I think some spiteful fairy
My natal day did grace...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cded fgXg fhXh ijfj Xhhh fheh fcXcXeifi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 101101 1111010 010101 1111011 111111 0111110 111101 1110110 111011 01001010 01011 1101101 110101 11010010 111001 1101010 110101 1100010 110101 1111010 011101 0111110 010110 1101010 101001 1111010 111101 1100110 111111 110110 010111 1111010 111101 0111010 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, of, and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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