This is an analysis of the poem The Lapse that begins with:
This poem must be done to-day;
Then, I 'll e'en to it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefeXagagXbhbhfXfibibffffjgjgekfk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 1111000 11111101 101010 01010111 01010 11010011 00010 01010101 101010 11000101 1111 10010101 11010 01011111 11010 01000101 011110 11011101 01010 11110101 11010 11110111 11010 111111101 01110 11011101 11110 110111010 11010 1110111110 00110 010110111 110110 11010111 110110 11111001 011010 101011100 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1075
- Average number of words per stanza: 224
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.
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- summary of The Lapse;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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