This is an analysis of the poem Codicil that begins with:
Schizophrenic, wrenched by two styles,
one a hack's hired prose, I earn...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aba bcX c aba Xd cc aXdbbd eef fgg bbhXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,1,3,2,2,6,3,3,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10101111 10110111 11111010111110 11 011 01010111 0111011111 110111 1100010101 110101 010110100 1001001011101 1111010101 1100111011101 11011111 11010 111010 111 1011110101 11110 111010101 01110101 1101010100 10111110 0111011101 01 11110001 1010100101 10001011011 100100001001
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
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- summary of Codicil;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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