This is an analysis of the poem Natural Perversities that begins with:

I am not prone to moralize
In scientific doubt... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXXd bdbdbdbd cbXbeded fgfgdfdf hihijcjc kbkbfcfcXgdgdbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 010101 11011101 010101 11110100 0110000 11011101 0101010 11010101 110101 01110110 110101 11010101 1101010 01110101 0100010 11010100 011101 111101101 110111 11110011 0101010 11010001 1101010 11110101 110101 01010101 011100 11000101 0100010 01110001 1101110 11000101 110111 110100111 110101 11111101 11001110 11111100 0101010 11011111 010101 11011101 111101 01010101 1111110 01110101 0111010 11010101 110101 01011101 110101 11111111 1101110 11011111 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i, to, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the, we, know 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 Natural Perversities;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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