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

Be-wigged and gowned, the Speaker frowned,
And his frown was ill to see.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdeXffX dfgfgXhhhX dGfgaeiiiX dcfcXegggX XgdGXeaaae djcjgeaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101100101 1011101 10111101 111110 01010101 111111 10111100 11011111 01110011 111101 01010101 0100101 010011111 1101001 01011011 011100 01010101 11011111 11111101 011101 110100101 0010101 110110101 110101 1011110101 1100111 10111111 111111001 11011101 010101 10010101 001111 110010101 111101 010011111 110101 11010101 01100011 1001101 1000101 10011111 110111 110100101 0010101 1001111 1100001 01010101 01111111 11010111 111111 11111101 111010 01111001 110100 01111101 11111 11110001 01010011 1101011 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • 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; from, and, to are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words ', 'or' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase be connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Crisis;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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