This is an analysis of the poem Perdita that begins with:
I go beyond the commandment.'
So be it. Then mine be the blame,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabab cbcb cdcXdc efef bgbg ehXhei jicjc kXkX ibib kfbfb lblb dcdc fifi XlbX bcbcc iXib icic jejXe kkekle gagaXacac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,6,4,4,6,5,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,5,6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010100 10011001 0101010111101 1101001011011001 1111111111111111 111100101100101 10110010101101101 1011011011110101 11110100101011 10111110100011111 11 11011110101011 10 111111011001101 1010110111100111 11011111110101101 10111110111100 11010101011111 1110101111111001 111011110101000111 11011101010111111 111101110100101 101011110110111 1111111111101011 011101101111010 10 11101010111111010 1 11101010010110101 11111011110111101 111111011001110 11 110101001010111 1111111001101101 101100111111111 01110110111111 1111010011111111 101111011110101 1111101111101 110010111011001 111111110101101 111011111111111 101101011011011 1 111101011011101 1010110111001101 0101001111101001 1110101011001101 1110110111011111 1110011010101001 110101001111001 11101111011111011 110010110110101101 1111111111110101 1011011101111111 110010011110011 0101101001101 11001101111011011 1110100100101001 1110010011111001 110010011111101 110100111011101 110101100111111 110111101111011 111101111111111 100111110111011 10110010111011 1 111101111001111 101101101111110 11111011011011100 11011011011011001 111001011100101 1110111101111001 11110110101001 101111111111 11110101111101 011010110100100101 0111001011111101 110111011101110 1 1111110111110111 01 1111101111101001 1011111101011 11101110100111110 1 111111101011101 11011111101001 11010011101111 0010001111001011 11111011111111 11111111100111 111010011011111 11010101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 95
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be, i, have, what, for, and, to, no, he, that, my, me, in, him, her, world, lost, his, of, you, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, you, i are repeated.
The author used the same words i, for at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lost is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases lost, despairs connect the lines.
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- summary of Perdita;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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