This is an analysis of the poem Instruction that begins with:
From heaven descend the drops of dew,
From heaven the gracious showers,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacac bXbdbdb efefghgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010101 01001010 11011001 11001010 010010101 110101 010010101 110101 110110110 010101 010111010 11011101 0100001 11010101 010101 11111111 0100101 01010001 100101 01010101 010111 11011101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; like, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word from is repeated.
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- summary of Instruction;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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