This is an analysis of the poem The Fool that begins with:
There lived a fool.
For a long time he lived in peace and contentment; but by degrees rumours...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bc db ce fX XXb a g ecb a hX ihb diX fb hX X dg hb Xg hcbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,3,1,1,3,1,2,3,3,2,2,1,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 101111011010110110 010111110101111010100 01101101010100111111 0101010 010010110101001101101 010011100010 011100111010011 10 10111011101101101 110101110101000111 10101 0110111001001 10101111001010101 1011101110110111 0110100111010110110 110101 0111011101001 101001011111101100 111010100100 10111010100100101 101001010011111010 1 011110111010011010 011010111011001101 101111101 0111110001111010 0100 100100010101001110 1 110101011111110 010001000010010001111 101101010 101101000101110010100 110010101010 11110101010000110100 10111011111 111111111111110 1001010110110010110 10111111110101 110010110
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, you, ', friend, one, and, venerate, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Fool;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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