This is an analysis of the poem Simple Account Of A Poet's Life that begins with:
In 1892
When literature and art in America...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbcdXbeXfbghbiijkkeiekkffXekkkefXkkXefXflkXdbibiebmklimkebbkiikfemjXjfbbXkckfghbefjdekbkkmebfXiab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 99,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01 110001100100 010010011001 111 10011001 0101111001 001010011000 010001 10101011 1011111 110010010 011010010 100101 110111 1001110 1100101 110110001 1010111100 001010010 100111 0111010 11010001 11011101 100101010 10010110 1101101111 101010101 11010010111 11010010 0010010 110101010010 0101100 101001000010 110010010 1011111 001101001 1101010 0100100 101111 1101110100 101100100 10100010000 0100111 0011101011 001001011 101001 01010010010 1100010101 11011010 1010001011 1101111001 101101010 11011011001 110100100010 10101010 010001 110100111 00011101 010011101 11111000010 010101010 001011 110000110 10011101 1011011 01010001 11011010 010101100101 1010001110 010101001010 110110100 010100100 1101110 101011 0100000010 111011110 11010011001 1001011010 010101010 1010101 0101011101 110100101010 1101010110 10010100 011100 111001 1101010101 001001 111001001 1101000110010 11101011010 0010100001 1100011 1001100010010 010010000101 01 11001101 110001100100 0101001001001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3321
- Average number of words per stanza: 559
- Amount of lines: 99
- 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; of, his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of Simple Account Of A Poet's Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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