This is an analysis of the poem Descartes And The Splendor Of that begins with:

DESCARTES AND THE SPLENDOR OF
A Real Drama of Everyday Life....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab X X ccdeacfcgcfgeXhc cageXhhc XdcbXhcXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,16,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0110100 011001011 011 11 10111010110100111011 11101001110111101011 01011000101011110110 1011111010100110 10011011111001011000010 1001011001110100101 01111011111010111 111111111110111111 010 1100100011100100101 1101100110001001 00101000111010111110 1011111111011101101 11111111011010110 110100010010011 01 1101101001100110101 10110101110100 01010110101010 00100101111110 01001011001001 11110010100100101 101 01001000010010111101 01010001010100001001010 10101011001010 01101100101110100 010100100001111110011 01011011010110111 1110110101111101 0101101010010101111 10011110110101011 1010110100010101100 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, as, of, this, hence are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Descartes And The Splendor Of;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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