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

When the broad-bottom
'd Junto, with reason at strife,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcc ddee fXfgg aXahh ffXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110 11001011 01001001001 1010011010010 1110010011010 01001011001 01001011011 11101001001 11001001101 11001111011 100 01001001 11001001001 11001001001 11001001001 1100 101001001 11001011001 101001011101 110101011011 101001001011 111001011001 1011010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of is repeated.

    The author used the same word 'here at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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