This is an analysis of the poem Ego that begins with:
WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM OF A FRIEND.
On page of thine I cannot trace... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbb aaa aaa ccc bbb ddd eef ggg hhh iii aaa jjj kkk lll hhh eee aaa iii hhh ccc ddd jjj aaa hhh ggg ggg aaa mmm iii ccc ddd bXb jjj eef ddd nnn hhh ooX hhh hhh jjj eee aaa aaa ddd lll effXhhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 100010001 11011101 01110101 01011101 11011111 10010101 10111101 10110111 01010111 01010101 11110101 01010101 01001101 11111111 11011101 11011100 11110101 01001101 01111100 11111100 10110101 01110100 01010101 01010101 01011111 01111101 101100101 01000101 11011101 11010101 1101111001 11010101 10010001 11011101 11111111 01110101 11110101 11010101 01000111 11011101 11000101 010100101 10110001 01100101 010011101 11001000101 11011101 11110101 101010101 11111101 10110101 01010101 11011101 110100101 01010111 11011101 11010111 110001101 01111111 01111111 01010101 01010111 01011101 11110101 01110101 0100101001 01000111 01110111 110101001 00110011 11011111 01010101 01010101 11000101 11110101 11010011 01111101 01111101 01101101 01110101 01001101 01100101 01011111 10010001 100100111 10010101 01000111 110101101 010101010 0101001010 010110110 01111101 11111001 01100101 11111101 01010100 11011101 0101010010 011111010 110101010 10110100 1111101 01100100 10011101 0101110001 01100101 11010111 01111101 11011111 011101001 01011101 010101101 01111101 00111110 01011110 01010111 11010101 010111101 010011101 01010101 00110101 11010111 11110100 1101001001 10110111 01011001 1111111 10010011 010100101 01110101 011111001 11001111 11010001 110101011 101111001 10110111 00110111 010011101 10110101 110110001 01010100 11110100 11011101 11111101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 49
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 145
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, nor, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, her, the, of, no are repeated.
The author used the same words and, from, what, if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Ego;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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