This is an analysis of the poem Madness that begins with:
An Epistle
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Xbccdddd eeffddgX cchhddiiXjcbddaaii eeffiibbccdd iibbddddddcXXibbddjjccaakk bbddeejjllffddmmdd iiddcciieeiijXmmkkggbbllbbii iiccjX aaccnnooaaii kXeeffdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,18,12,26,18,28,6,12,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1010 1111110110 0101011001 1111010101 1111001101 1111110101 0111010101 1101010011 1101001111 1001011101 1101110101 101100100101 01010010011 1101010101 10101110101 1011110011 010101110 01010010101 0011000101 1101010101 1101010101 11001010101 0101010101 11010101001 01011101001 100111001010 1111011111 0101010101 1011010101 11110111001 11010001001 1111110101 01010101001 01111100101 0101010101 1111110101 0101011111 1111010101 0101011101 1101010111 1101011110 0101010101 1101010101 1001110101 1101010001 10110101001 1101011101 1101010101 1001110101 0111010111 0101010101 11010100001 1101010011 0011010101 11010100101 1111010111 010100100101 11010010101 1101011101 0101010101 1011000101 0101111111 0011110101 0101010101 1011010101 11100010111 1011011111 010010100111 1101111101 10111101001 0111010101 1111110011 0101110101 1101110001 0101011101 11110100001 1101011101 110010011101 1111111101 11001010101 1111010001 1111010101 1111110111 0111010101 0101000101 01111101010 01010101110 1101011101 01010101001 1101010101 1011010111 1011010101 0101010101 1111111101 0111011101 1110110101 01010000101 11011101001 1011010001 1101010101 11011101001 101001010011 1111010101 1111010101 01111010010 1111100101 0101000101 11010100101 1111011101 1101010101 1101010011 1001110101 1101000101 11001010101 1101010101 1101010101 1101110101 11001011101 110101110011 1111110101 1101111101 1011010101 1101010101 1010011101 1101011100 1011010101 1111011101 01011011101 0101010101 0101011111 0011010101 1110100001 0101010011 11111101001 1101001111 01001011111 1111011111 1011010101 0101010111 1001010101 1101010101 1111010101 1101011111 1101010101 01010010011
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 572
- Average number of words per stanza: 101
- Amount of lines: 146
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; of, and, his, with, my, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.
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- summary of Madness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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