This is an analysis of the poem On Reading A Vast Anthology that begins with:
Love, death, sleeping
with somebody else's husband...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcXdXbc XcbccaedecXXXe dcaccXXcbXeba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,14,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110 01101010 110 011000 0110111 110010 10000 110011001 110101 101011 001010 110100 010100011 0111 100001001 100011 01 11011 10 01010011 100101 110100 0100 111010 11110 110101 011011 010110110 1011101 1010101 00101010 100110101111 10010 110 00101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of On Reading A Vast Anthology;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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