This is an analysis of the poem Regeneration that begins with:

1.
Award, and still in bonds, one day ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcb X efefagag X hdhdbdbd X ababfbfb X hXhbcXeh X bdbdXidi X hdhdbjbj X hbhbbhbh X XXbabbbb X babahdhdkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01110111 1101 011011101 1001101 110101 1101 10110111 110111 1 111101101 1111 11010101 110111 110101 1001 10010101 111111 1 11110111 1111 11010011 110101 110111 0111 01011101 1101001 1 01110111 0111 11011111 110101 010111 1111 11111101 101101 1 111001111 0110 01011101 1111001 110110 0101 111110101 011101 1 01011101 01010 110010001 1001010 011101 11001 01011111 110111 1 10010101 1111 11011101 010001 110111 0101 00111111 1010011 1 01111111 1101 11110101 100101 1101110 1101 110111010 111101 1 01010101110 1110 11011011 110001 110111 0101 11011101 111111 1 11111011 0111 01010111 110101 1111001 1101 11011111 010111 11111111 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, where are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of Regeneration;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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