This is an analysis of the poem Portia that begins with:
I MARVEL not Bassanio was so bold
To peril all he had upon the lead,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaabbaaaacca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101100111 0101110101 1111011101 11100100111 1011010101 1011010101 110100101 1111111101 1101010111 0101010111 1111010101 0101101101 1101110011 1110110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 696
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Portia;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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