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

SOLICITED I've been to give a tale,
In which (though true, decorum must prevail),...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee ffddgg hhggggXgbbiijjdd ggaagg hhiikkllddkkddbb iieeccddddgggg mmiinniiggdd kkggddeedXggddkkjjkkggXXcchh ddddkkggcc jjddddmmbb aanXddaaccggddbe nniiaa dddd ccddbbnn kknnkkhh eebbbb ggiieekkee XXooddddggddhhbb eehhbbiiddXeddbbdd ddbbjjXggddggddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,16,6,16,14,12,28,10,10,16,6,4,8,8,6,10,16,18,27,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0100100101 0111010101 0010010101 1101010101 11110100101 1100110101 1001111101 1111110001 1101010101 1101011101 1001110101 01110010001 1110011101 0101010101 0101011101 1000010101 0100011101 1111110101 1111011111 1101011001 0111010101 0101100101 110111001 0111010101 1101110101 1101110011 1101111101 0111010101 01100011101 0101110101 1101110001 1101010101 1011110101 1101011101 1101010101 0101010101 0011011111 1101111111 0111110011 0100011101 0110110111 0111110101 1111110101 0111110001 0111010111 1101011101 0111110101 0101010101 1111011101 1101011111 01100110011 1111010101 1101010101 1101010101 0101111001 0101010101 0101010101 1110110011 01001001101 0101010011 0101110101 1101010101 1111110101 1101010101 1111011101 1101111101 010101001 1101011011 1101000001 01001010001 0111000100 1111110111 0101010101 01011101011 1101010001 1101010001 0100110111 1111000101 11010010111 1101110001 1101001111 1100000101 0101010101 10101011101 0011010101 1101110001 0101010111 0101010111 1101010101 01010111010 01010100101 1101110101 10001001010 11010100010 1101010001 0101011101 0101010101 1101010011 0101010101 0101001101 0111000011 1101010111 0101010101 1111010101 0101010101 0101010001 1101010111 1111110101 0101010101 0101111101 1101011101 1001010101 0101101101 1100111111 0101011101 1101000011 0101011101 0101011111 1101011101 0101000101 1011010101 0101000101 1100101111 01010101111 1111011101 1101100101 1101001011 0111110111 0101010101 1101111111 11010111001 11011111010 0101010111 1101001101 1101111101 0111001101 1111011111 0101011101 1101010101 1111011101 1111010001 01110111101 1101001101 1101101101 1101011101 1101110101 1101001111 1101110101 1111111010 1101111101 0101010101 01011001101 0101011101 1011010101 1101001101 0111001101 0101110101 0101110101 1011010111 11010100101 1101010101 1111010101 1111010101 1111111101 1101010101 1101110001 0101010101 1111110101 0101011001 1100010101 1100010101 1111110101 0101011101 1101001101 0111010101 1101010001 1101110101 1101011101 1101010001 1111010101 1101010110 1101000101 0101010011 1101010101 0101110101 1101010111 1101011110 11011100110 01010001011 1111010001 1001010101 0101010111 11111101001 0101010101 10000010111 0101011111 0100010101 0101110001 0101010101 1101010101 1101010001 1111011101 0101010001 0010010101 0101010111 0101010101 0101010101 0101010101 1100110111 010101001 11010110011 0100111101 1101000101 0101010101 0101010101 1101000101 01010101001 0111011101 1101010101 0101011111 0101010111 1101010101 1101000101 0101010101 0111011101 1111110111 0100011111 0101000101 10001010111 1101010101 1101011110 1111110101 1101010101 1111110111 1011010001 0101111101 0111010101 01001010001 1101001001 1011011101 0101011111 0100100111 1001010111 1111110101 0101110101 11110010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 497
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 246
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, no, as, of, that, to, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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