This is an analysis of the poem The Temperaments that begins with:

Nine adulteries, 12 liaisons, 64 fornications and
something approaching a rape...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbbXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001011110001 1001001 1100101011001 100 110101101010100 11101110110 10001010011111 01011000 10101001 1101001111 11001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 432
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Temperaments;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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