This is an analysis of the poem Programme that begins with:
READER--gentle--if so be
Such still live, and live for me,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc Xbaa ddcc eecc aaff ccgg eedd gggg hhii Xjff eeii iikk aacc bbbb llmm jjiiXffii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010 1111111 0011001 1110101 1110101 0111111 1011101 10100111 1110111 1010101 1110101 1110101 1000101 1010101 10110011 0011101 1110111 1010111 1110111 1010111 1010101 1110001 1110101 1111111 1111111 1001101 1000101 1110101 1010101 10010101 0010101 1011101 1010111 1010100 1110111 1111101 1011111 1110101 1011101 10010111 1110111 1010111 1110101 1110101 1010001 1110101 11011001 11011100 1110101 1110101 1110111 101111011 1110101 1111111 0011101 1010011 1110101 0111111 1110111 1010111 10010101 10010101 10010101 10010101 10010101 10010101 10010101 1010101 1111101 1111111 1011101 100001
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; not, for, every, its, us are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words songs, not, here, would, every are repeated.
The author used the same words here, would, every at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Programme;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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