This is an analysis of the poem On A Vulgar Error that begins with:

No. It's an impudent falsehood. Men did not
Invariably think the newer way Prosaic...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXa aXa aba cXc cbc cXcXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10110011101 0100010101010 11000111 1011010101 01010100011 101110101 110110111101 0101110001 0111010101 0110111101 11110010101 1001011001 1101111011 1101111101 1011110111 00110100101 11101110110 1111111111 11110100001 0101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, he, i are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word not at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of On A Vulgar Error;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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