This is an analysis of the poem The Censor that begins with:
The Censor sits behind his desk,
And smiles a censored smile;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbccXdeddX bfcfcc gfhfiX hhehcc eiXieeXjgjcc agegeechihXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 110101 011101010 110101 11110111001 1001010001 01000100 110101 11011101 110111 1111010101 01010101010 01000101 011101 01000100 110101 0101110011 1101000101 010001001 011011 11011101 110111 1111110011 010111010 01001100 010101 11010111 110111 1101010111 1101000101 01000101 010101 01111111 100101 1101110101 1111110001 01000100 011111 0101010 011011 1111110001 1001011101 01000101 110101 11010101 010111 1100111101 1111110111 11100100 011001 01000101 110101 1101111101 11011101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word remain at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Censor;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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