This is an analysis of the poem Winstanley that begins with:
THE APOLOGY.
Quoth the cedar to the reeds and rushes,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcXc dede dcdc fgXX agag hdhX iege jefe deke flml iXdd cblb bgfg gcec fdgd eded gefe fdfd cdgd nXjg cgbg gefe ddlX fdcd jfbf edfd digi deha dcgc egdg eede ddgd fmmm oeoa bpfp qflf egfg iblb geie efgf elrl hefe dlel rece lflf ldfX nfef mcgb gege flrl of
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 00100 1010001110 101111111 1101110110 11111 1011101110 111111101 1111101010 10101 1011110010 100010101 1110111010 11101 1010111010 110110101 1111111100 10101 10101010010 101111101 1110111010 10100 1011101111 101110101 1100101111 10101 10011101 001111 101011101 1010101 00110101 110111 101110111 110111 01010101 111111 01000111 111101 111100101 010111 10100011 111101 100110111 1010100 11110101 1110101 10010111 110111 110011101 011101 11111101 100111 11011101 110111 11110111 1100111 101111011 0100111 10111001 110101 101011101 110111 01110101 010101 11010101 110101 01011101 1100101 11010110 110101 11011101 1101111 11011101 011100 11011011 100101 11010101 1100101 11101101 1010110 11010101 111101 11011101 0100101 101100101 110111 11010001 110101 11011101 1111011 110110111 1100111 110110111 1010100 111010101 110101 110100101 111001 110111011 010111 101010101 10111001 11010101 11100101 111101111 111101 11011111 111101 10111001 110101 110011111 1100101 0110100110 010100 10010101 1001101 111011111 1111101 1010011101 1110101 111101101 1010111 100101101 0101011 110100101 1100101 11110101 1110101 11101001101 110101 111101111 101111 111100101 010111 1101001010 1010111 1110101010 1011100 01101111 111101 10111101 0011101 1111011 111101 101011101 110101 1010011111 1111101 010011111 101011 11010001 111101 11010101 111101 11011101 010111 11010101 011001 11111101 1010111 11111011 1101011 01111111 1011111 01111111 011111 011011001 110111 110110101 01101101 11010111 1100111 10101111 111111 10010101 111101 101100101 1000111 10011111 111111 101110101 1011101 110111011 100101 110110101 1010100 111010111 1101011 110011111 011111 11110111 110111 11011111 11111 101001101 111101 10110111 1010101 11011111 1010111 1111011101 1111111 01101110 010101 10111011 111111 01101110 010110 01010101 111101 11111100 1011101 111110101 110101 01111101 111101 110011111 010111 101111110 1011111 111110101 111101 11010111 1111000 101011111 100101 01010101 011111 111010101 011111 101111101 11001101 11110101 111101 101011101 10110101 110010101 110101 11010101 11100110 1100111001 1011001 011011101 1010101 110010111 100111 01100111 0101010 011001011 101001 11011001 0100101 11000101 111101 10010101 111101 11010111 110101 10011101 1101011 010111101 110101 010111101 110101 111011001 011101 10111001 1011001 1111001001 1100101 10011110 0111001 011110111 110100 10011001 111001 111111111 0010001 11011001 1011001 1111001001 1100101 01100101 110101 1101100101 111101 10111111 111101 011101110 1011100 10111011 111100 10011111 111101 01110101 111101 01011101 110110 11010111 1101001 111100101 0111011 10011111 110101 110011101 100101 1011001001 111011 011011101 10011
- Amount of stanzas: 78
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 310
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, us, he, she, of, i, thy, as, it, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, o, to, and, he are repeated.
The author used the same words quoth, the, while, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase down connects the lines.
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- summary of Winstanley;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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