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

After one moment when I bowed my head
And the whole world turned over and came upright, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbba cdcddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011011111 10111101101 1111101111 1101111111 1001110110 1011001111 1101111001 1101110101 0101010101 1111010101 11010111001 1101110111 1111111101 01110100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.

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

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

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