This is an analysis of the poem Theirs that begins with:

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Fate summoned, in gray-bearded age, to act... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabccdbXXdeeff Xaaggddccffhhaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1 1100110101 01001010101 1101010101 01110111101 0111110100 1101010101 0101010101 11001110101 10011010001 0101000101 1101000111 1101000111 11010010100 1101010101 1 1110011100 1101010101 11001010101 1101010100 1011010101 0111010101 1011010100 0101010111 1101001101 0101110111 0111010111 11010101001 1101111101 1011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 611
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to are repeated.

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

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