This is an analysis of the poem Meditatio that begins with:
When I carefully consider the curious habits of dogs
I am compelled to conclude...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaX Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: cinquain
- Metre: 1110001001001001 1101001 11000100100 1101001001001 101111110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 5
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; i is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Meditatio;
- central theme;
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- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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