This is an analysis of the poem Recitative that begins with:
Regard the capture here, 0 Janus-faced,
As double as the hands that twist this glass. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd ceXX fdeX eXcc beaX gXXfXggeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101011101 1101011101 1111111101 0101111111 11010101011 0101011100 1101010100 1101110001 0101010101 0111010101 0111010001 1101001101 1100101111 0111001111 11011101101 11000110101 1011010101 0101100101 1111110111 0101110011 01010101101 11010011010 01110100110 0101010010 0101011111 11011000101 0111110011 1111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 28
- 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 Recitative;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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