This is an analysis of the poem Work Or Reflection that begins with:

Now, I always have preserved a certain attitude
Quite definite in reference to Work ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbdeeee dfgXfhfhhf eaggaii jXccXhegge jeccedbhhb baeeaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,7,10,10,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101010101 1100010001 10100010 11101010 1100010001 1111101000100 1101010101 111010000 10110000 11111111101 1110101000100 0100010001 10111010 00100100 10100010101 111010111110 0101010001 10101010 00100010 10101010101 10111 00100110001 10101010 10101010 11101010111 101110111011111 111000100111100 1110101010100 00101010111 11100010 10101010 101000101001 10111110000100 1101010001 11101010 10100010 10110011101 0110001110100 0101010111 11111010 10111010 11101010101 1011101010100 1001010001 11101010 11101010 10101010101 10111 00101010001 10101010 00100010 10101110101 11010101110111 110000100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 352
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word for 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 it is repeated).

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  • summary of Work Or Reflection;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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