This is an analysis of the poem Consummation that begins with:
They may be duds or they may be drones,
Or legislators heaven-sent;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcc adadaX efefff cdcdgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110111101 11010101 10111100 101000100 111110111 11011111 110111101 11111101 101010101 01110101 101110101 00101001 11110101 11100101 11010101 11111100 10011111 11010101 11011101 11011101 11111101 11110111 111100101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; they is 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 Consummation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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