This is an analysis of the poem Within The Circuit Of This Plodding Life that begins with:

Within the circuit of this plodding life
There enter moments of an azure hue,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXddcefbXfbeaXXXcXbbcXggaXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101000101 1101001101 10001100100 1101100110 11010010011 0101000111 1010110100 1101010101 1011000101 1001100101 11001111101 0101010011 0101000101 10010010101 1101011001 0101010101 1101010011 0111011011 10001011101 1111011111 01010010101 0101110111 0101011111 0011000111 11010111100 1101010001 1101011111 0101010001 1111010011 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 223
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Within The Circuit Of This Plodding Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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