This is an analysis of the poem The Sick Abbess that begins with:
EXAMPLE often proves of sov'reign use;
At other times it cherishes abuse;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgghhffcc ffiiccaaffjjaaaa ffccakaaiigg ffiikkffaaccaagg ffffffkXggff ff ffcclleeffbb ffggccll aacceebbXff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,16,12,16,12,2,12,8,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101010101 1101010001 1111010001 1001110001 1001010101 1101010101 0111010111 1101010011 1111011101 1111010101 1111000111 1011010101 0101010111 1101110110 1101010101 11010100101 11010000101 1111111111 0100110001 1101001101 1101010101 1001111101 01011100001 1101110111 1101110101 1111010110 0100010101 11010100111 1101110101 1101000001 0110010101 0101111101 0101011101 1100010101 01001001101 1100000111 1101010101 1001011101 1101110111 1101010110 1101000101 1011111101 0111101101 1101110101 1101001101 1100110101 1101010011 1101110011 1101010111 0100101001 0111010101 1101011111 0101010111 1111011101 1111010101 1111010001 0111010011 1101011101 1111010101 1111110101 10010110100 1101110101 0101011111 1101110101 0101010101 0101111001 0101010101 1101010101 1111010101 0101011101 1001001101 1101010010 0101010101 1101011101 1100011101 1101010001 0101110101 1101010101 0001111111 111101111 1101110111 0101010101 0101111011 1110010001 1111010101 1101011101 11010101010 11110111010 1101010101 0111100001 1101010111 0101010101 1101010001 1101010001 1101010001 1101000101 0101011111 1001110101 01010100101 0101110101 1100010101 1101010101 0101010101 01010111011 0101000101 0101000111 11011101001 1100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 455
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 108
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, unless, you, nor, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words unless, the are repeated.
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- summary of The Sick Abbess;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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