This is an analysis of the poem Plethora that begins with:
A plethora of excess sought to reap.
Will keep most eyes on abundance....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd CBcb EAcb fXfXGBHGg ADAD CBEA ADADXGBHGhab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,4,4,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0010011101 01111010 0010011101 01101000101 10111 111101 0010001 011011 1010100 110101 11010111 110111 010001000101 0101010101100 0010001000101 0101010101100 110100101 100100101 1111010 100101 00100110111 1101001001 0101011101 1101001001 0101011101 10111 111101 1010100 110101 1101001001 0101011101 1101001001 0101011101 110100101 100100101 1111010 100101 110 1001001 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- 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; plethora, to, keep are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word tied is repeated.
The author used the same word people at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Plethora;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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