This is an analysis of the poem Lent that begins with:
Welcome dear feast of Lent: who loves not thee,
He loves not Temperance, or Authority, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcddc eeaffa ccghhg hhfiXf jjkffk aafbXf ccieei fXgeeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011011111 11110010100 1001010 0101110111 1011011101 0101010 0101010111 0111110101 110001 1101111101 1101000111 010101 11010101010 011100101010 1001000 0101001101 0101001101 11001010 0101001100 1111010101 011101 0101011101 10100010101 100001 11110101001 1101000101 110001 1011010101 1001111100 110111 01110111001 1011010101 010101 1101110100 11111101111 011111 110011111 0111010111 110011 0111110101 1111110111 110101 1101100111 1101110110 111101 1101110101 1001010001 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, may are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Lent;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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