This is an analysis of the poem The Balance that begins with:
The world upheld their pillars for awhile:
Now, where imperial On and Carthage stood,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cddccd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0101110101 11010011101 0111010101 0111111101 1101011101 1101010101 0101010101 10011001101 1111110111 10010010101 0101110001 01110010001 1111110101 100010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Balance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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