This is an analysis of the poem The Artist's Duty that begins with:
So it is the duty of the artist to discourage all traces of shame
To extend all boundaries...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdabeffedebbgh hbeed Xee XeXgfc d e Xb dddeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,5,3,6,1,1,2,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1000100010001011001 0011100 010011001 0110100100 001010 001010 010011 00110 0101101 0101011 0111 011011010 0100101111 00101110 01101010 0101100101111 010100100 0010111 0010101 01011010 00100100100 01010011 0011010101 010011010 00110010 00010100010101 010010011010101110 00101100010100111010 0101010100 00101000100001 010101110001 010 00010100001 0110001001010 0101000010100 01100101010100 010010010 0010011010010 001101010 001010001100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Artist's Duty;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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