This is an analysis of the poem Satire Iv that begins with:

Well; I may now receive, and die. My sin
Indeed is great, but yet I have been in... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcaaddccefggffaahhbbaabbffXiaajjbbbbggkkggbbllXmXnXeaailbcmmnlXmaaggdXnXbboogXccfXhXppmmXcbbefXbggaaqqffccggoocXggggaammiibX lrrXfjjffggffaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 126,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011111 0101111100 0101011110 0101011100 111001011110 1001011001 1111111101 1101111101 101011011001 0101100101 011101011100 10011010011 11011100101 11111011101 1111011111 1101111011 11110001101 01111110101 101111001011 0111111001 10110100010 1101010100 1011011101 00101001101 0111110111 1101001101 1101111111 1010010010111 1011101111100 0101111111 1001011010 1011111111 01100011101 1011011111 0111011111 11010101101 10110111011 1111001101 1101110111 1101011010 1001110101 11011000001 1010111010 0010011100 0111110111 1111010101 11010001110 1011011010 111110111010 11111111001 01010101110 1111011101 10110011100 111110001010 101011110101 1100111001 0110100111 111111010100 0101011101 1011001111 11001101111 0111011101 111101101011 1010100100 0101101010110 11100111100 1111000111001 1100011010 0111010111 11000101111 1111011101 10100111100 110011111101 1101010101000 1111110101 1101100101 0111011101 0101111111 1111111111 11001000110 11111010101 11111100110 111101010111 111110111010 1001110110011 11010011000 1011111001001 11111101111 1001111101 0011111111 1011011100 1001010111 111010111011 1111110111 0101111100 110011111001 1111001111 01001111111 1011111111 0101011001 1111111110 1001100010 11101011111 0101101111 1001101111 1110111111 101100110111 1111001101 1011111111 1111010101 11111101101 0110100011 1011111101 0101001010 101111011 1000111111 01010010111 1011010101 11010011101 0101011111 11011100101 1111110101 11001011111 1000001011 1011111100 1001011100 10110011011110 0101111101 10101010100 1110111101110000 10111110101001 10110111001 1101001110 1111011101 0011000111 1101100101 1011000111 0101011101 1011011111 1010111111 1111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 6854
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1178
  • Amount of lines: 142
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, as, and, than, all, tongue, or, i, me, king, he, knows, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, one, he are repeated.

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  • summary of Satire Iv;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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