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

He was a Glug of simple charm;
He wished no living creature harm.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa XcddeX ffbbgg Xeaaff ddeedd hHddXX ddHhdd ggiijj jjfXaa Xebbhh ddkkii llddXX aaXmnX eejjXh ggnndd Xfeehh nXddee aaiinX ffoojj XfaaXX eeddoX ddiXcX ffjjiX kkjXgX ccXfiX cXeejj ppkkdd ffddee jjjjnX aaoXmX gXjjjj eekkcc XmqqkX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11110101 01011111 11011101 11010101 01110101 01111101 11010111 01011001 11010101 11001011 01110100 1111101 1111011 11010101 11010101 11011111 01010101 011001101 01011001 01010111 10011101 11011111 11010001 01110111 11111101 11111101 01010111 11110001 01001111 10011111 11110001 11010111 11011001 11110111 11010101 11010111 01111111 11110001 11011101 01111101 11010101 11100101 11010101 10011111 01010101 10110101 10010111 10011111 01010011 11001111 11011101 110111011 01010111 11010111 01110101 11111111 11011101 11110111 10010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010001 11010111 01010111 11110111 01111011 01000101 01010101 01010101 11111101 11011111 11101101 11110101 10110101 01010101 11011011 11010001 11001101 11011101 11111011 11111111 01010101 11100101 11110101 111100101 11011101 11011101 01011101 11011101 01010111 11011111 01110101 11111101 11101001 11010101 11001011 01011111 11010101 01010001 10110111 11110111 11110101 11111101 01110101 01000101 00010111 11110100 01101101 01011101 11110101 11010101 01000101 11111101 11010111 11010111 01111101 11110100 110110101 11111101 11111101 11110111 00110101 11011101 11010101 11010101 100000101 110010111 11110100 11010011 01010100 010011101 11110101 11110101 11010101 11010111 11011101 11111101 11010111 11010101 11010101 11110101 11111111 11111101 01111101 11111101 01011111 11110111 11011100 10111101 0010100 11111101 01010101 11010101 11110101 01010001 010111101 01110111 01000101 11110011 100000101 111100011 11010101 11011101 10010101 1111111 11010101 11001101 11000101 01011101 01110011 10111101 11111111 11010011 11100101 11110101 01100011 11110101 11110101 11010101 11110100 11110111 11010111 01011101 01011101 01110111 01010101 11110101 11110111 01010101 01011111 110100101 11001101 10011111 11110001 11111101 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 198
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; turned, out, his, ', you, and, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, the, turned, because, a, i, with, his are repeated.

    The author used the same words said, then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is 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 The Debate;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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