This is an analysis of the poem Pr |aeceptor Amat that begins with:

It is time (it was time long ago) I should sever
This chain -- why I wear it I know not -- forever!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddddeeXccXffgggahhhhggiihhjjffhhbbiiaaXgddaaiihheejjccccX XekkllcckXddaaeeeeddffmmgXXgbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 65,30,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0010111011110 011110111010 1110011011001 111101101011 1110010110001 111011111001 01001011001 001011011011 11011011111 111001011001 11011101101 1111111101001 11011101011 110010101001 011011000100 011101110010 110110011010 01111010101100 10111111011 11001001101 010110111101 11011001001 101100110010 0010110010010 1110101111011 01001001101 101011011101 01111001001 101011011011 101001011011 111111011001 11001011001 001101111011 11001001011 101101011111 111001111001 11111011001 01111001001 1010111010010 1101101011001 101011011001 101111110111 011101011001 01101001011 0011010110110 110110011010 001011001010 001001001001 001001011101 001011111101 1110111010010 011010010010 01111001111 001011101001 001001001001 101001100001 111101101111 001011011011 101011010011 1111010011011 001011011001 10001001011 101011011001 001101111011 001100 111011 111101011001 11011011001 001101001001 111101101101 001001101011 001111011001 10111110101001 1110110110010 1010111110100 01011101101 111101011111 1110110110010 011010010010 01011001001 101101011001 0101010010001 111111110010 101001111011 001011101100 011010011111 111101011001 101001011001 01011101111 111001101101 0111100 11011 111001111001 101111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1561
  • Average number of words per stanza: 307
  • Amount of lines: 94
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, it, her, of, and, in, from, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Pr |aeceptor Amat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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