This is an analysis of the poem The Apologist that begins with:
Dear friends, I'm Deakin....
No; no mistake,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXbccdddeedcfcfeeghcciibbjjaakkcfcXeebggblmcacaddhlmhenhhenddccckkeeXddXXdXaccfeddgjgjhgddddccaaeeaackX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 105,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 1101 1101 01110 1101 01010111 1101 0111 0001 1101 01110011 1111 10011001 11001101 1101 01000100 11010101 1101010101 01011111 1101 11110101 1111110101 10010001001 11010111 1101 1111 1101 01 1101 1101010001 1111 101001 1111000111 1101111001 111100 1110010101 10 1101 111101 1100110111 1101 110101 0111010101 1101010100 1111 010101 1101 11010001 1001 111111 0101 1101100101 1111010010 1101 1 1 1101011100 110011 1101 1101011111 1001010100 1110111001 1111 111101 1001010101 1100110110 1101011101 1111 1111111101 1111 1101 1101 1011011101 111101 1110 001101 1001011110 1111110 110101 11011110100 111 01010111 0100011101 1101 0101000001 0101 110110 110011 1111000101 01 1101111101 1101 1101001101 1111 1101010101 1001100101 1101111001 1100110101 110101 1101010101 1101011101 1111010101 1110110111 11111111111101 1111110100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3154
- Average number of words per stanza: 576
- Amount of lines: 105
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, they've, to, mine, my, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'twas, i, they've, and, that are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase yes connects the lines.
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- summary of The Apologist;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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