This is an analysis of the poem Impromptus that begins with:
Strahan, Tonson, Lintot of the times,
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaBcccBdddB dddB eeXB fXfB cXcX dXdf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010001 10110001 11011101 110 01011101 01001101 11011101 110 01110111 01110001 11011101 110 01110111 01110101 0100100001 110 11001111 11001111 1111010010 110 110011101 0111010000 11010101 110 101111001111 1110110010 111001001101 1111011010 010011001001 1011110100 11011001011 1011111110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 33
- 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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, let are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word murray at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Impromptus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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