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

ALL grim and soiled and brown with tan,
I saw a Strong One, in his wrath,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccccdadaeXeXdadXfdfXgcgcdhdhdededidifhfhididdedejdjdefefahahkakalilichchmcmciXiahkhkababinin
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 96,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 11011001 10010101 0101 010101001 100010101 11010101 0101 10010101 01011100 110101001 0101 101011101 111111010 1100100010 1110 11011111 11010101 11011101 01100 10110101 100010101 110110101 1101 11010111 11010101 100110111 1001 11010111 01010101 10000101 1101 111010001 01000111 100000111 1101 11010111 01111101 11010111 1101 01111101 101011101 01110001 0111 11010101 110101001 11010101 1101 111010111 01110101 1100001001 1101 110111011 11011101 10010101 0111 10110001 1101001010 111100001 11010 110101010 11110111 110101010 0111 01010101 01010101 00110001 0101 11110111 11011101 11010111 0101 11010101 01010101 01000101 1101 110101001 01010101 11111111 1101 10110111 110011010 10011111 1111 11111101 101010111 01110111 1101 11010101 0111101 010110101 0111 11011101 01010001 11110101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 565
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; ', his, of are repeated.

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

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

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