This is an analysis of the poem Introduction To The True-Born Englishman that begins with:
Speak, satire; for there's none can tell like thee
Whether 'tis folly, pride, or knavery... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaaabbbbXcccddddeefXggccbdXXffeehhiieXgghheeaajjggfff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 55,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11101111111 1011011100 1101010101 1101010111 1101010101 1111011101 1101011101 1111110001 0110011101 1111000101 1111001110 1100110001 0110010001 0111111110 1011001101 1101011101 1011110101 1001010011 1001010110 0101110100 0100110101 1101010010 11010010101 0101010101 1111010101 0101010101 1101010001 1111100001 1011111010 11110101010 0101010101 1111010110 1101010101 0001111101 1111110001 1101000101 11101010101 01010100011 1101110001 1111011010 1111010101 1011010101 0110110101 1101111101 1101011101 11000101001 0110010101 1111111001 01001000101 1101010111 1011011101 0111110101 1101011101 1101010001 11101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2345
- Average number of words per stanza: 400
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; would, and are repeated.
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- summary of Introduction To The True-Born Englishman;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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