This is an analysis of the poem The Recumbent Posture that begins with:
The day after Christmas, young Albert
Were what's called, confined to his bed,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdaX efaf gehe XicX eajX cfcX hckX hbXX licX lkcX afkX XigX XbXb Xdjd ahch hXcX XjgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011010110 01101001 0011010010 101101001 010010010 111101011 111111011010 11101011 111010010 11001101 1010111010 101010001 011110010 111111001 110000101 11001011 111010010 0010111001 10100010010 1111101 111110010 11001001 111011111 01111010 1110010110 01001101 10110010 110110010 111011010 11111010 010110110 010110010 1111111010 111111101 111110110 111101011 111110111 11101111 11111110010 11111011 111100111 1101011101 111010010 1010111110 111111010 11111111 111111010 11011001 1010111110 101011001 110110010 11101100 110010011 11111101 01110101110 11101001 1110011110 111110101 1111010010 101001101 011111010 11101001 110010010 01011101 01111010 11011111 1111011010 101011011 111011010 11001101 111011110 101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; his, they, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Recumbent Posture;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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