This is an analysis of the poem Vive Anarchy that begins with:

With the lifting of the curtain,
Distance, dim, but grimly certain, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbaabaadXcdeed fXdcXdaad ggbaabhhb ffaccaaaa aaciicaaX ffjcXjaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100010 10111010 1110001010011 01101010 10111001010101010111 101 101 1010101010101 10111010 10101010 1111101010111 10101000 10101010 0010111010101 101 101 101011010100101 10101110 1011110 1010001011101 00101010 00101000 1010101010101 101 101 1110101010101 10111010 10111010 11100101010001 001001010 00101010 1110101010101 101 101 1000101010101 10101110 00100010 0010101010111 10101010 00101000 1010100011101 101 101 0010001010101 11101010 10101010 0010101010111 11101010 10011010 1010111110101 101 101 111010101001110 10101110 101110110 1010001000100 10101010 10101000 1010101010001 101 101 101000101011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 382
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and, of, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words through, in, his are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines down, wrongs are repeated).

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  • summary of Vive Anarchy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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