This is an analysis of the poem Prefatory Sonnets I that begins with:
I purposed once to take my pen and write,
Not songs, like some, tormented and awry ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcaababdeXdde bffbcffbXXeeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11001011111 1111110101 1101010100 0111010111 1101010111 1101010111 1011010111 1111010101 1111010101 1101110100 1011101001 1101010101 1111110111 1101110101 1111010110 11110101001 1100010101 11100100101 0101111100 1111010101 1101100101 1101110101 11010011001 1101110101 1101010101 11110111001 1101010101 1101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 750
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Prefatory Sonnets I;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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