This is an analysis of the poem Apollo's Edict. that begins with:
Ierne's now our royal Care:
We lately fix'd our Vice--roy there....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee bbff aagg dd ee aa eehh eeiiaaXibb iiffaa ee dd ii ggdd iihh ff XjkkjjhhbbkkjjfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,4,2,2,2,4,10,6,2,2,2,4,4,2,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 11011111 11110001 110101001 11011101 110111001 10011011 11010001 11011101 11000111 1101010 01010101 11010101 01010011 11010111 010001001 111101010 011101010 11011101 01010001 11011111 01010111 01011111 01010101 11010111 11010101 01000111 01000101 11011101 11010101 11011101 10110101 11110111 110011001 10011100 11011001 01010101 11010100 01010111 110101001 11110111 01010101 11110101 01000111 100111001 01010101 11010101 01110101 11010101 1100101 101101010 110101010 11011101 01010101 110010101 01001101 00111101 11100101 11010101 11011101 010101110 11010101 11011111 11110111 10010101 11010111 11010101 01000101 11010101 01000101 11110101 11000101 0111001 11100111 11110101 11000100
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; our is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, nor are repeated.
The author used the same word when 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 Apollo's Edict.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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