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

When God at first made man,
Having a glass of blesings standing by;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababa bcbcb bcbcb deded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1001010101 1111111111 101101011 110001 111101 01011101010 1111111101 01010101010 100101 101111 01010101110 1101110101 11010101010 111100 111101 1100100100 1101110111 0101111100 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; him is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word let is repeated.

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

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