This is an analysis of the poem Discipline that begins with:
THROW away Thy rod,
Throw away Thy wrath; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBab Xcdc efef ghgh iaia cdcd jkjkXabaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111 10111 111 10101 111010 10101 101 00101 10111 10101 111 11101 11111 11101 111 00101 11101 10101 101 10101 10101 110101 111 11101 11101 11111 111 11111 10111 11101 111 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words throw, though, love, and are repeated.
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- summary of Discipline;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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