This is an analysis of the poem The Artist that begins with:
One evening there came into his soul the desire to fashion an image of The Pleasure that abideth for a Moment. And he went forth into the world to... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a X a X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: cinquain
- Metre: 110110001001001011000101100101011110001011111110101 110100111101110100111110100111001001000101100110 10101101100111011101010011111011010011111111101000110010111010010111110100010011100110100111111011010010 1110101110110001101100010 11001001000101100110110110001011001010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 5
- Average number of symbols per line: 210 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 43
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, he, and, bronze, had, image, for, in, that, it, world, to, this, whole, set, his, there are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Artist;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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