This is an analysis of the poem The Disenthralled that begins with:

HE had bowed down to drunkenness,
An abject worshipper:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcdcdXbebfgfgXhXhfbbbbbhbgeaehbibifbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110100 110100 01010111 111101 111100101 00101 11000101 110001 11010111 111101 11010001 110101 01100101 110101 11010101 110111 11010101 110101 11010101 010101 11010101 110001 11010101 010101 01010101 010111 11010111 010101 01010111 010101 11011101 011001 11010001 110101 11010100 110101 110011010 0100011 11010101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 212
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Disenthralled;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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