This is an analysis of the poem On A Picture that begins with:
This pictured work, with ancient graces fraught,
(Or so they say) Albertinelli wrought.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccddaX eeffaabbggXXhhaa hXii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,16,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101010101 1111100001 1111010111 0101010101 0101010101 01001010101 11010011001 1001010011 1101010111 11010010101 1100111101 1101011110 1101011101 1001110101 1111011101 1111110101 1101010011 11010011101 1111010001 0101110101 10010101011 01011100101 0110110110 1001011110 1111011101 10011010101 0010010111 1001011101 0110111101 1101001000 1101001101 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 471
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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, then, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, then, in are repeated.
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- summary of On A Picture;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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