This is an analysis of the poem The Masters that begins with:

OH, who is the Lord of the land of life,
When hotly goes the fray?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababababacacacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100100101 110101 111100101 111101 1100100101 110111 11010111 111101 1100100101 110001 11111101 110101 1100100101 111101 11011101 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 537
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

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  • summary of The Masters;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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