This is an analysis of the poem The Progress Of Refinement. Part Iii. that begins with:

Thus far with cautious Pencil have I traced
The striking forms on History's tablet placed.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeff aagghheecceeiijjXjjjkkll eeeeaaaaeeeeffjjaaee llmmaaXemmggaaccee ccddXednmmooaaee jjmmhhff mmjjhhaappddgg cckkhhppmmqqmm ooXaccaacc cciieeffmmee hhaakkjjffffaaqqmmllqq ddggmmkkeebbffmmggffjjcceeaaaaeecceehhllggee aaddllmmXoqqmmeeccaajj mmmmaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,24,20,18,16,8,14,14,10,12,22,44,22,10,7,47,28,25,18,26,26,24,22,22,28,8,40,37,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 909
  • Average number of words per stanza: 152
  • Amount of lines: 603
  • 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; with, or, and, to, in, no, of, her, their, than, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, no, though, so, the, for are repeated.

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  • summary of The Progress Of Refinement. Part Iii.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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