This is an analysis of the poem Meditation Sixty-Two that begins with:
Second Series
Canticle 1: 12: While the king sitteth at his table,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aX Xbcdee fbfgXX fcXcff hdhgaX fifiaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1010 1011101101010 11001010111 1111110111 0101010101 0111010101 1101010101 1110011101 1101110111 1101111101 1101010011 01011111 1010000101 1111110011 0101101110 1111010101 11010010101 1111010101 1101110101 0100110101 1101000011 1111010101 0011010111 1111110011 0101011011 1101110001 110101101 1011110111 1111111111 11011111001 1101010101 1111000101 011011100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, with, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, my are repeated.
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- summary of Meditation Sixty-Two;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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