This is an analysis of the poem The Archbishop And Gil Blas that begins with:
A MODERNIZED VERSION
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbcc ddaa ccaa bbee ffgg aahh ddee iiii aaee aajj iigdd bbggXffdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110 111111100010101 11110111101001 1011011100011111 111010101010111 111111101010011 11111101011111 111110101011101 1111111001110101 101011101111101 1111101010110101 101010101111111 101111101111111 1110101010101001 111010011111111 1110101001110001 1110101011111111 111001101110101 11111010111001101 1111100101011111 101011101011101 011010101010111 111111100001101 0101010101111101 101111101111101 11101010010111111 111101101011101 111011111110101 111110101110111 111110101110101 0010101010110111 111110101110111 111011111110111 11111111110101 111011101110111 11010111011101 11111101110001 11010011101011 11111100010101 111010101111101 11010101111111 110101001100111 1110101011100101 111111111111 101 110111011011111 10110010111101 11111101111101 11100101111101 11010011011101 111111001110101 11010111111111 111111111111001 101010101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, as, it, i'm, you, your, how, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words don't, you've, i are repeated.
The author used the same word don't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Archbishop And Gil Blas;
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