This is an analysis of the poem The Argument that begins with:
An Owl instructed by the Night,
Cunningly counterfeits A Sprite :...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaXaXXXd eeeXffgcaahhiiddffffjjddXkkkfflXjjaaaabblljjbXaahhmmaannXkaammccooppmmppmeqqllccjjaaaallaaggfXXcccccooffhhppjXjjdkkffbbccggddXhllllfXjXXppaafXaaeeaabbbbddffddqbfpcghhcXmmffggjjjjccgcaaccnnllgcXaccddXXXfffllddffcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,212,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11010101 10010101 01011101 11010101 110101010 010111010 11000101 10010111 11010100 11010111 111101011 011101011 010111110 0101101110 1101001100 1001010100 11011011100 11010100100 11110010101 110111101 1101010101 1111100100 110011100101 01001111111 11010100011 11010100101 01010001011 1011011001 11110001110 10110101010 1101010101 11010001100 010110001 1101000101 0111110101 0111010111 01100001101 1101110101 0101111101 11010000101 11010101001 1111110101 11011001010 01010111110 1101011101 1110110100 1111111101 01011011001 1101011111 011101011 0111000101 0001011111 1000100101 1011010101 11111100101 11010100001 0111010101 0101110101 0100011111 11011001101 1011000111 1101011101 1001011111 11010111100 1101010101 1011010101 11110100010 11010001010 01011011101 0101000101 0101010101 0101100101 0111010101 010100111 1001010111 1011011111 01010101110 00010111010 1111010101 1011000101 0101011001 1001010111 1010001011 1111001111 1101101111 110011110 111100101111 11011111010 01010111010 11110101010 1111011101 0101010111 11110101010 10010101010 1011010111 1001110101 11110100001 1101110101 11011100001 10010011101 01110100010 01111110010 1111100101 0111101101 0111010111 11001110101 11110101110 11110111010 10101101010 01011111110 1101010110 00110111010 01010100110 11010111010 01110101111 11011111111 01011111110 11110101010 1111011101 1001110101 1011011101 1001101101 110101100010 10010110000 01110101011 01110001110 01010011101 0101010101 1101010101 1001011100 10011010111 101111101111 10110111011 11111111110 110101011010 1111110101 1101110101 111101001010 01100110010 1111010101 11111011001 01110101110 101111111110 0100010101 1111110111 11110100110 11011101100 11010111010 1010111101 0011110101 01011101010 01010100010 00101110010 0110011110 1010010101 1111110100 1110110101 1111110001 11010101110 10110100110 0101011101 1101011101 11111111111 10111101011 10110101111 11110111011 11011101010 101100100010 01011111010 11110101010 01110111010 11111111110 11010111110 11111111011 11110111010 1100110110 01010101010 1001101101 1101111110 11111111010 11110111010 01011101100 11010100111 1100110101 01011111111 11010010101 1001010101 1101010111 11000101110 11110111110 110001111110 010010110110 10011111110 01010100110 1101010111 110100110010 1110110101 111111110001 11010100010 11011101110 1111111101 10110010111 11111111010 01010111010 0101010001 1101010110 01010101110 0101011101 01010001010 01100110010 010101001100 110111010100 11011111010 11010101110 11110101100 11110111010 011110010001 1011010011 11110101010 11000111010 11110101010 11111101010 01011100110 01010111010 01011110110 11010111010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 5214
- Average number of words per stanza: 893
- Amount of lines: 226
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, to, his, with, in, they, their, and, you, your, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines in't, em, you, it are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Argument;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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