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

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O knights, O squires, O gentle bloods yborn,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabcdeXfXghXijihkfXXeXiecieX X ibhgleeahiiaXbfhaehXgjebhaaeXaheihekkiXXllXhjedea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,29,1,49,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110110110 1011110110 1101110111 1111101111 0111110101 0101010101 0101110001 01111100100 1111010011 1101010011 1111110101 1111100101 0101110101 0111011101 1101010101 0101010101 1101011101 1111010101 110111111 0101010110 1111010001 1001110101 0101011101 1111110101 1011011001 1111110111 0101110101 1101010101 11110011011 1000 0111111111 1111011111 1101110111 0101110101 0111110101 0101110101 0101110101 0101110101 0101110101 0101110110 0101010101 1111010101 1111010101 1111110101 110101101 1101011101 11110100010 0101110101 0101010101 11110111110 0101110101 1111111111 10110101101 1011011111 1110111101 1011111111 1011111111 1011111101 101101111110 1011010011 0101010101 0101111101 0111110101 10111010101 1111110101 1100111101 1101110111 1101010101 1001010101 111111101 1111110111 1011111111 1101110100 1011111101 1010110101 0101111101 1111110101 1101010101 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 213
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, to, and, have, my, with, but, they, be are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , to, with, but, they are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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

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