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

TOKEN Of friendship true and tried,
From one whose fiery heart of youth... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdedefXagagaaahahfXdidihXjkjkffgigXdddgdgjjXaaaggfgfglldmdmffagagmmihihmmananhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 84,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10010111 011100101 01110111 110011 01010111 11010101 11010101 010011101 01110101 0100101 110111001 010100110 111111001 110100101 101010101 010100 11010110 010011101 10010101 10010100 11010001 001101 100010101 01110100 100101011 101011101 11000101 110101 11010111 1101100 01001101 111101010 110101101 1101010 110001001 10111101 110111010 11010101 110111010 110100 110001101 11010101 00011111 01111101 111100100 0001001 111100101 01010101 100101000 01110101 10110101 110101 110101110 110101010 11010101 11010111 11011111 010101 11010101 10010100 11010101 010110101 11000101 011101 01010101 01110101 10110101 0101101110 10110111 0101010 011100101 100100101 110010011 11010101 010100111 010101 11001011 01010101 11011101 0111000101 11000101 011101 01110101 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2866
  • Average number of words per stanza: 501
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, from, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.

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

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