This is an analysis of the poem Slander that begins with:
He does the devil's basest work, no less,
Who deals in calumnies-who throws the mire... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbbcdcdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010111 11010011010 1101111111 01100100010 1101111100 1101011001 11100111110 1111111101 01010011010 1101010101 1100111101 1101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 510
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.
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- summary of Slander;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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