This is an analysis of the poem Man, A Torch that begins with:

Blown up with painful care and hard to light,
A glimmering torch blown in a moment out, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXXbcbcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 01001100101 0101011101 1011010101 10011010100 0101000101 0101010101 0100010101 010101010010 01001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 453
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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.

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  • summary of Man, A Torch;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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