This is an analysis of the poem The Perfect Poet that begins with:
He says he is a perfect poet.
He lives alone, with his perfect mate....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXX XbXX cded bcef cXgfXgaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111000110 110100011 0111101 11001110000 1101010101 01010101 1101010101 1100111100 1101100101 0101010001 1100110111 1101001101 1111110101 1100111100 1101110101 0101010100 1100010011 0101111000 1011010101 11010101010 00110010001 01010101001 1100010101 11001100011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; he, his, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Perfect Poet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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