This is an analysis of the poem The Statue that begins with:
All bold, great actions that are seen too near,
Look rash and foolish to unthinking eyes;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc adadee dfdfgg ddddcc ebebdX hbhbee eieijj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011111 1111000101 1101011101 0110111101 1111110101 1111110001 0101110101 1101000101 0100010111 1101110001 0110010101 1101010101 1110010001 1001010101 1101100101 1001010101 1101110101 0111110101 1000110101 1100101001 1101100101 1001110111 01110100101 01110101011 1001010001 1101011101 0101010101 11110111011 1111010101 11110010110 1000111101 0101010101 1001110101 1101001001 10110101101 1011110001 01110010001 1101010111 0101011111 0101010111 0111010001 1111000101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, with, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Statue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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