This is an analysis of the poem Unto This Last that begins with:

A boy's young fancy taketh love
Most simply, with the rind thereof;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgghhiiffaaXbjjiiii jXjjiXiddccjjkkeeggjjgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 11000111 01110101 0110101 11010101 01000111 110010101 11110101 01011111 11111100 01011101 11010111 111100101 1011001 1010101 01011101 1010110 11111111 10011101 0011101 1100101 11001100 11011110 1010101 11111110 01000111 11101011 1011111 1010010 1011011 11111101 110100101 01110101 01000111 1011111 11000100 1110101 11010101 111110100 01111101 11110100 1110111 1110110 1100011 1110101 11010111 010010101 001100011 1101011 01000101 01101100 1010001 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 884
  • Average number of words per stanza: 159
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; fool is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words love, such are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases such, you, heart connect the lines.

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  • summary of Unto This Last;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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