This is an analysis of the poem The Ides Of March that begins with:

Fear grandeurs, O soul.
And if you cannot overcome...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXX cbcddXXXXacXX a XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,13,1,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 10110101 101001001010 110101101 01010010110 1111111011 11010100101 1011011111001 00100100100 011001010 11000010010 111001001000 111101011 111011110101 1110111 111010110010 011101000100 0110010000 10100 111 111111 11111111 11111111 111111111 1111111 1111111111 1111111 111111111 111111 11111111 1111111 1111111 11111111 111111111 1111111111 111111111 11111111111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 933
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 122 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, when are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 949 is repeated.

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  • summary of The Ides Of March;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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