This is an analysis of the poem The Plate Of Gold that begins with:
One day there fell in great Benares' temple-court
A wondrous plate of gold, whereon these words were writ;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXbcXdbedfeaagfachXecffaaiaXfadhfjafcXXfXdagkajXaikefjaegeXaaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 65,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111101100101 010101101101 11110101010 10 0111010101110 111101011101 110101011101 01010111100 01 1111110100101 101101010101 110111011101 110101010111 1111010101010 1101010111 11 100101000101 010101011111 010100011101 010110100101 0111000010101 010111101011 010101110111 010101010101 1010101010101 110101111111 1101010100101 110101110001 110101010101 110111010101 111001010100 1100100010111 111101010101 11111000011 110111111101 0001110011 11 010111111101 011101011101 111101010101 011101010101 010101011101 0101001010111 011011010111 110001 110101 110111011111 110101110101 110011111111 111100110111 110101010101 010111100101 110111001101 0101 01110101 110111010111 010101000101 111101010111 011101010101 010101010101 110110010101 110111110101 111101010101 111001010101 1100111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3113
- Average number of words per stanza: 577
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Plate Of Gold;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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