This is an analysis of the poem Rules And Lessons that begins with:
When first thine eyes unveil, give thy soul leave
To do the like: our bodies but forerun... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbb cdcdee fgfhXg ii hehejj ddjdkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,2,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011111 01011101100 0101011111 10111101001 1111111111 1100111011 110101111 10011111010 11011010110 10100111010 1001011111 1101101011 1011010101 11001011001 1111010111 1111 11 1111 1111110101 1111010101 0101100111 110011101011 0110011101 11111111111 0111010101 11001010111 1101110111 01010101001 01011011111 1101110101 11110111110 11100101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; him, his, and are repeated.
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- summary of Rules And Lessons;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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