This is an analysis of the poem Apology that begins with:
If men should ask, Despoina, why I tell
Of nothing glad nor noble in my verse...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba baab XccX deed fddf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111100111 0101110011 0101010011 1101001011 1100110101 1011011001 10010110111 1101111101 00001110100 1100110111 1101010001 10101110100 1111001000 0101011101 1111110101 1110110111 1101010001 01000110101 1111010111 1100011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Apology;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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