This is an analysis of the poem Science that begins with:
Alone I climb the steep ascending path
Which leads to knowledge. In the babbling throngs... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdbeXefdXg bbbXcbbhhicdXbb bijbfbb jcbaacdbbXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,15,7,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111010101 11010001001 1101010001 1100111011 1101110111 0100111101 11001011101 0101010111 0100011111 1111110101 1001010100 1101010011 1001001101 0101110001 0111010100 1101111101 1101010111 1101001101 1101011101 1101010101 01110100111 0101001101 0101010101 0100010111 11000111001 1011000101 11010100101 0101011101 1001100101 01011101001 01010101001 1111010111 1111010001 1001011100 1001010111 0101110101 1101010001 1101000101 1111010101 1101011101 0011011111 0101000101 1001001011 1101111101 0101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 473
- Average number of words per stanza: 86
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; my, i, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word shall is repeated.
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- summary of Science;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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