This is an analysis of the poem Definitions that begins with:
We have heard it. Oft we heard it long before we came of age.
In whatever fields we practise, art whatever arts engage:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcX ddeedX dXdddX ffccgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011101011101 011011101110101 101100101100111 011010101010101 101011101010001 101011101111111 101011101010111 111011101010001 1010101001100101 1110010111111001 1010010101011001 11101111101000110 101010111011111 11111011101110 101111101011101 111101100100001 111010100010101 111001101110111 111010101110111 101110101110101 101000101110101 111010101111101 111011101011101 111010101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, he, in are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Definitions;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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