This is an analysis of the poem The Quidnunckis that begins with:
How vain are mortal man's endeavours?
(Said, at dame Elleot's, master Travers)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbccbbbbddeeaaXaffgghhggijccaaaakkjXllXXmmffii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101100 111101010 010010111 11110101 110111010 110101010 010110010 100111010 11110101 11110101 1100111 11011101 011100101 11010001 110111110 111101010 110100100 110000110 11010101 11111111 10111111 11111111 111111010 110111110 11111101 01011001 11010101 111101110 11010101 110010111 010110111 11011111 110101110 110110110 10110101 10110001 110111110 10111110 010101001 11011101 11010101 11010101 011101110 011101010 11011101 11010101 11011101 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1799
- Average number of words per stanza: 327
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; there's, and, they, to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Quidnunckis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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