This is an analysis of the poem Soothsay that begins with:
Let no man ask thee of anything
Not yearborn between Spring and Spring. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccaddbbeedfXgXhhfgXiijjgddddffdkkddddkllmghhliXiicciddnniiddXdoiiXppoobbpmghhiiXddiioodddgmqqd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 98,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110101 1100101101 10111111 11010111 01011111 01110100 01111011 111111101 010101001 010111111 110001111 111111010 0101011010 111011111 11110101 01011000 011110100 10111010 110100111 0111001001 01010111 01111101 101101000 101011111 010010101 11010101 11011111 10111101 11111111 110100111 10011111 01011101 111111001 01110101 01111100 11111101 01010101 001001101 01111101 11111111 010100011 01000100 00110111 01011111 10111100 11111110 101100111 00110111 11010101 100110101 111101100 01010111 11111111 11000111 01110111 10111101 11111101 11111101 11000111 101010101 01010101 11011011 01010100 10010101 11010011 00011111 1010101100 00110101 11010111 10010101 11010101 01001101 11111101 010100101 01111101 01010111 01011111 11010100 00111010 110101101 10111101 11010101 01110111 1100100 01110111 11101111 11010010 11001101 100111011 10110101 11110101 11011101 11100101 100100101 01000100 00110101 11001101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3538
- Average number of words per stanza: 656
- Amount of lines: 98
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, have, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Soothsay;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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