This is an analysis of the poem Poesy that begins with:

With no fond, sickly thirst for fame, I kneel,
Oh, goddess, of the high-born art to thee;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdcdebebff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0111011111 1100011101 1101010001 1111110110 1101010101 1100011101 0011010101 0111011111 1101010111 11010100101 1101001111 0101010110 1111111111 0100111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 598
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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