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

WHEN Venus and Hypocrisy combine,
Oft pranks are played that show a deep design;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbb eeffgghheedd ddeeddiiddaajXddaa jjddff eeaaaakkddeebbXljjgg ffeeiimmddjjeemmkkhhffjjffddkk iiffjjkkhhaammff llmmllll ffeelljjeeeeeeggeeddcc ddaaee kkeeaaii dd ddeeeekkiiee jjaaffddggllmmkkjjnn ddooXmii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,18,6,20,30,16,8,22,6,8,2,12,20,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010010 1111110101 1111110111 0111011101 1101010101 0101111111 0011010101 0101010101 0111110101 1111110111 0101011101 0111000101 0101010101 1101110001 0100010101 0101110001 1101110101 0101011101 1001110101 1101100111 0111110101 1101110111 1101010111 0101010101 0100110101 1101010101 1101110101 11010110001 100110111 11010011001 1101001101 1111011101 0101110101 1101110011 0111010101 1111001110 11001110101 1101001101 11110110101 1101000101 1100010101 0110110101 1111101101 1011000101 1111010001 0111011101 1101011111 11010101011 1101110111 11010011111 1001011111 0111110101 1101010111 1101011101 0111010101 1111110111 1111011101 0111110111 1101010101 1101110101 0111011110 1101010101 1101111101 0100010101 10110101101 1101010001 1100110111 1111011101 11100011101 1101010101 1101000101 1111010101 0111011101 1101011101 1111011101 1101101001 1101010101 1101010011 110111100010 11010010010 0111011111 1101011101 0101011101 1101010101 1101010001 1111110101 1011110101 1111111101 0001010101 01111101001 0111011111 11011110001 1101010111 1101110101 1101010111 1111001101 1111011101 1101010101 11100011111 1101011101 1101010101 1101000101 1101100101 1101111101 1101011111 1111000101 1111111101 1011001101 0111010111 1101010101 0101011001 010101011 1111011101 0111110101 1111010111 1101010101 1101010101 0101111101 0101010001 1111110101 1111011111 1101010101 0101010101 1101011111 11011101001 1101011101 010011101001 0101010101 1101010101 1100011110 01011000101 1111010101 1101010111 11101111001 0111111101 0101010101 1101010101 1111010101 1101010011 1111110111 1101011101 1101011111 1101110101 0101010111 0101110101 0101110101 11010101001 1111111101 0101111101 1001010101 1101010101 0101110101 0100110101 1100010101 0101011101 1101010101 1101111101 10001110101 1101110101 1101010101 0111010101 1101010101 1100010101 11011000101 1101110101 1001110101 1111110101 0011010111 1111010101 01010010101 1101010101 1101011101 0101011111 0101010111 1101010101 0111010111 10001010101 1011010111 01011100001 1101001111 1100010101 1001010101 1101001101 0101010101 11010100100 11100100101 1101010001 1101000101 01010100101 0101000111 1101011111 0101010001 1101110101 1101010101 11010111100 11001010001 0101010001 0101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 575
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 198
  • 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; and, to, her, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Hermit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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