This is an analysis of the poem Crime And Punishment Chapter Xii that begins with:
Then one of the judges of the city stood forth and said, "Speak to us of Crime and Punishment."
And he answered saying: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a b c d c X b c d a e a X X b X f X X c X e e g h b b e b X b h f c g b g X d d d h b i X X i d cXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100100010111110010111000 111010 00111011000101 11011010010110101111010 11110101111101010101001 10100111 0011101000 1101001101 101010111 01101001110010010 1111111010110 10101111010111 1010101101001101010100 1001011111 10011111110100011111010001 101111110110101111011011010101110100111 11111010101010101010101001101 1010101101101010100110 110101111010010100011 10111011010100011 100101101001111 110110100 111011111110110100101001 1111110101111011001101101001 10101011100111 010011010010110 10101100101 010011000010010 1011001100100010 101001010100010 1111000100101010101100 1101010100011000010 1110100101001101011101110010 11011101011000111110100110 01001111000101 1110101001001110010100 111111001011001000010 10100111000101001101100101111001 110010101000101010101010101000101001 11101101 11001101111100011001010 11001101111001100110010 111011110100010011010 1110001111 11111011010010101101 01010101001001110111111 11101010101001100010010 1001010011111110101 11111011011101110111001001 101111100110101111100110101001011010011 110101001001101010100010
- Amount of stanzas: 51
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 78 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 15
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, in, your, not, you, cannot, falls, would, who, him, yet, remorse are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, what are repeated.
The author used the same words and, what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines stone, spirit are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words stone, spirit at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Crime And Punishment Chapter Xii;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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