This is an analysis of the poem The Progress Of Refinement. Part Ii. that begins with:
As when stern Winter's desolating power,
Arm'd with the piercing frost, and sleety shower,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,14,10,21,34,10,24,48,18,16,28,14,8,43,12,16,24,18,17,10,18,28,30,31,12,30,38,14,14,10,8,8,14,16,16,12,18,14,20,33,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
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- Amount of stanzas: 41
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 832
- Average number of words per stanza: 139
- Amount of lines: 784
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; of, and, with, by, for, her, all, to, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to, though, no, such, have are repeated.
The author used the same words though, but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Progress Of Refinement. Part Ii.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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