This is an analysis of the poem The Persevering Tortoise And The Pretentious Hare that begins with:

Once a turtle, finding plenty
In seclusion to bewitch,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX bdedX fgfghihX ahahgege hjhXiXi XX ghghjdjd ckckXeiX glgl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,8,8,7,2,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 0010001 10 1111 1010101 1011111 11101110 1111001 10101110 11111010 1110001 10111010 1010101 1111101 10100010 1011001 10101100 00111010 1010101 00101010 1110001 10110101 10101010 1010101 001100010 10100110 1010111 01111110 1110101 1010101 11101110 1110111 1 1101110 10101010 1010101 10101010 1010101 1010101 10101111 1111101 10101011 10111010 1110101 11111110 10010001 1010101 11101010 1010001 10110100 10101111 0110101 11101101 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Persevering Tortoise And The Pretentious Hare;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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