This is an analysis of the poem An Overlord that begins with:

Here's a prominent person
I must write a verse on ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddedXe ffgbbghhecce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010 111011 011110010 01001 01101 010010110 11011 11111 1010011010 101011 11001 111010110 10101 111010 110011110 1111010 110110 110010110 101010 010010 011010010 01001 111011 1111010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of An Overlord;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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