This is an analysis of the poem Reflections that begins with:
Upon The Subject
When all the fiercer passions cease... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcadaD eeeeefefedeD gfgfffffcece hehedhXhgigi jkjkhfhffgfg hkhkeeeeaeae hghgafaf lmlmlmlm lflfeaeagg gegeii fmfmgngn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,12,12,12,12,12,8,8,10,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01001 11010101 01010101 10010101 11000101 11110101 11010101 11011101 11110101 01010101 11000101 010101001 110100101 1100101011 11011101 11010101 010101001 11011111 11111101 11110111 11110101 11111101 11011101 01010111 01111101 11010101 11000101 11010101 01011111 11011001 11111111 11011101 10110101 110100111 11010111 11010101 11110101 01010101 11110101 11010110 11010101 01011111 01100111 10110111 01010101 11111111 01010011 11010101 11010101 11011111 01010111 11110111 11000101 01010111 110101101 01011101 11100111 11111101 1000010101 11000101 010101001 11010101 10011101 11011101 11000101 10011101 11100101 11010101 11010101 10110111 11011101 10111001 11010101 01010001 01000101 01011101 11010101 11010101 10010101 11010101 11010001 110011101 01010110 101100111 001011101 01010101 01100101 11110101 01000101 11111101 01110101 110010101 11010111 10011101 11111101 01111111 01110101 01110101 11110101 11111111 01111101 11110110 11101101 11110101 110100101 11001101 11011101 010010001 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 109
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, we, it, and, of, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, can, we, if are repeated.
The author used the same word yet at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word live at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Reflections;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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