This is an analysis of the poem Contemplation that begins with:
This morning saw I, fled the shower,
The earth reclining in a lull of power:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeefXXXfddee ggffghXghh ihiddff aajahjkjkkk llXfffdfhhhmhgdmXgXmcddggcmgggmg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,10,7,11,32,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010111010 01010001010 010010111 11110101 1101110101 111101010111 011011000 10100100 11000101 110010101 01111101 110101000 111101 101100101100 10101101 1011011101 11010101 0101010101 1100010111001 01011101 01001000101 011110 0101110101 11110001 1011001111 1101111011 1101010001 0101111111 111101111101 111100011 11001100010 10000101 11000110101 011101 1111011111 11001101 01010101010 01010001010 01111101 11000100010 11110111010 11010101111 1011110111 01001010101 1011011111 01110111 101100111111 11110010101 10011101 11010110 0010001101 11110010101 11010101 01000111 1011000101 110101010 01011101010 10101010 1010101 010101010 11010101 01010101 01010001 0101101000 0111010101 1101010100 01000101 1101010001 1101010100 1001001100 0011010101 110111 1000110101 110001001 101111 100100101 1101 1011000101 110101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 495
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 79
- 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; to, and, life, for, too, that, of, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no, his are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Contemplation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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