This is an analysis of the poem To The Muse that begins with:

It is all right. All they do
Is go in by dividing...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaXbcea afXdaa ghf gchdcgc acijXbae Xjchbfg ajjaXia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,3,7,8,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011111 0101010 110010110 10101 11011111 011100010 01011010101 011010111 110011110 1101 11101 011 101011111011 10010011 0010010011 111 1111011101 01101 1111001 1101001010 110011 11101011111 1110101011 1011 1111010 1110 010011011 101111011 10010 0111111 011011101 1010 111101011 1110 110111101010 101011 101110 1011111011 1100101001001 10011 01 111111 01111 1011011111 1111011 11011 10010110 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of To The Muse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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