This is an analysis of the poem Recompense that begins with:
Straight through my heart this fact to-day,
By Truth’s own hand is driven: ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gaga hbhbXgaga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 1111010 11011101 1101010 101101000 0101110 11011101 1101010 110100101 1101010 11100111 0101010 11010101 110111 11101111 11010101 00010101 1101010 01011111 1101010 11000101 1101011 11001111 0111011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Recompense;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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