This is an analysis of the poem Harlequin that begins with:
The world lay brown and barren at the closing of the year,
Where the rushes shook and shuddered on the borders of the mere,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eebbccXD bbccffXD ggccccdDXffccffdD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01111101010001 101011101010001 101011101010101 101110101010101 101100101010101 001110100110101 101111101010101 101110101010101 111010101110101 01010010010101 101110101010101 111010101110101 101010101010101 111010101011001 101111100010001 101110101010101 11010101010101 11010101011101 11010100010101 11010100010101 11011101010111 11010101110101 1010101000100101 101110101010101 101010100010001 101010101010101 101110101110101 101010101110101 1010110111010101 101011101010101 1011101001011111 101110101010101 01010101010001 011101010100101 01111101010101 011010101010101 01010100111101 011111001010100 001110101010101 101110101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 508
- Average number of words per stanza: 88
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, with are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word pantomime at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Harlequin;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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