This is an analysis of the poem Decay that begins with:
O Poesy is on the wane,
For Fancy's visions all unfitting;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXAbcbcXAA XXcXdedeaA fgfgXagaAa hchcgegeAa aiaifjfjAa cccccXcbaa gigicccXaAXgbgbgbgbaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,21,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100101 110101100 11010101 100111010 01111101 010101010 11110101 1101101 1100101 11010101 01010100 1101001010 11011101 010101010 11011101 1101110010 01011101 110001010 1100101 11010101 11010101 11011101 01011101 11110101 11011110 01010101 11010001 11110001 1100101 11010101 01110101 010101010 110110101 111111010 110110101 110101010 01010101 010101010 1100101 11110101 11110101 110101011 11010101 110101001 01000101 111111010 01110101 010100010 1100101 11010101 11011101 110101110 11110101 1111001010 110101010 110101000 110101010 101101010 1100101 11110101 1101101 110101001 011100101 111101111 110100101 0100101010 11111101 111111100 1100101 11010101 11001101 100101010 01011101 110101010 11001101 010111010 11010101 110101010 1100101 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 343
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 80
- 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, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word again at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Decay;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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