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

A fountain issuing into light
Before a marble palace, threw... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeaa fgfXaa hihiee jejeii adadkk lglggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100001 01010101 010010111 010101001 110100101 11010101 101010101 110010101 11010101 11010111 01011101 110100101 11000111 01010101 10011101 1011010 111111001 11011101 10010101 110000101 11010001 11111111 010111001 010111001 11111101 11010001 010101001 01110101 11010110 010100101 11010101 110000101 11011101 1100101101 11111101 01010111 01110011 11110111 11010101 10010101 1101001010 1011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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