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

In sea and air, in leaf and stone,
Where’er Truth’s magic words are writ,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgbgb hbhbbdbd egegcbcb iXIXigIg cbcbibib ejejbgbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 10110111 11011111 11011100 11011111 11011001 01110101 11010101 11111101 01000101 11111101 11011111 10010101 11110001 11001101 11110101 11010101 110111011 110100001 01010111 01110101 01010101 01011101 11110101 11011101 11110101 01010111 11110101 01010101 01010101 11010101 01011111 01010101 11111110 0101100101 11110100 11110101 11110111 0101100101 11110111 11010101 11000111 11110111 10010001 11011101 10110001 11111101 11010111 11011111 110001010 11011111 01100101010 11110101 01010111 01111111 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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; and, of, to, from, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, men, the, and, from, why are repeated.

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

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