This is an analysis of the poem The Finer Thought that begins with:

How fine it is at night to say:
'I have not wronged a soul to-day....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaX ddeeffbX aXaaggaX hhhhaaaa bXbbXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 11110101 11110111 01011101 11010101 10111101 11110101 01011101 11111101 11010101 11000101 00110111 11010101 11111011 011010111 110101100 11110110 01000100 11110101 01010101 01010101 11010101 10010101 11110101 00010101 11011111 001001011 11010111 01110111 11010101 110111001 01100101 11010111 110101100 11011101 01111111 11110101 011100110 11111111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, to, i are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Finer Thought;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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