This is an analysis of the poem The Case Of Conscience that begins with:

THOSE who in fables deal, bestow at ease
Both names and titles, freely as they please....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddbb eeffgghh Xdbbeeiiaj ffeekkddbbbbbbcc kkbbllaabbjjbb bbccmm ddhhbbbb dd hhcc hhgg aaccddddgXbbff bbbbdddd ggmmddbbbbbbbbccbXee ddeebbbbnnbbaaoohhXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,8,10,16,14,6,8,2,4,4,14,8,20,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010111 1111010111 0101010111 1101110001 11011001101 0101010111 01010001001 0001010101 0100011101 1110011101 1001011101 0101010101 1111011110 11010001001 1111011101 0101110101 0101111101 1111000101 1101110110 1101010101 1101010001 1011010101 01010111001 1101010111 1101000101 1101110001 1101101111 1101011101 0101011101 1101010001 11010111001 1101010101 1111010101 0111110001 0101010101 1101100101 0101010001 0001010111 0101111101 1101111001 1101011001 1101010101 01100011101 11001110101 1111011111 1111110101 1101011101 1101011101 11010111010 11110101010 0001010111 0101110101 1111010101 1101110111 1101110001 1101010101 1101000101 0111001101 0111010101 1111010101 01010010111 1101111101 1111001101 0011010101 1001010101 1111010011 1101011101 0101110101 1101011101 11010101010 11011100101 1101010101 1101010001 1111011101 0101011101 1101010111 0100110111 0111110111 0011010101 1101001001 10011011101 1101110001 1101110001 1001011101 1101000011 0101110101 1101010101 1101011101 1111010101 1100010001 0111010011 1101010101 0101010001 11010010001 0101110101 0101011011 10001001101 1101110001 0101100101 0101001101 1011010101 1101111101 0101010011 1101001101 0100010101 1101110101 11010100101 1100011101 1101010001 1101010101 0100001111 0101010101 1001100101 0101010101 0101110011 1101001101 0111010101 1101111101 1101110101 1101011111 1101110101 11110111010 1001010101 1001001101 0101011101 11010100101 0101110100 0011010001 1111111111 1111011111 0111010101 0111111101 010100110101 11001100101 1101001111 0101010001 0101011101 1110010101 1101110111 1001110101 11001000101 1111111111 1101000101 0101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 392
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, with, you, and are repeated.

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

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