This is an analysis of the poem The Pride That Comes After that begins with:
It knows it all, it knows it all,
The world of groans and laughter,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbabcdXd AeaeXfXf agagcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 0101110 01010101 10101110 11111111 1111111 11111111 1101011 01010101 0101110 010010101 1001010 11111101 1111110 11010101 0111010 11011101 0111010 11010101 1101010 11111101 1101111 11110111 10111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; it, me, i, ll, of, s, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word so is repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Pride That Comes After;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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