This is an analysis of the poem Self-Portrait that begins with:
The steadfastness of generations of nobility
shows in the curving lines that form the eyebrows....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXXbXXc dcbad Xc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 01100101000100 10010111011 101111100111 10010011110010 10111100010010 01110111100 11001101001 0100101010011 11000110101010 010010110100001 1011101001010 101011010010 11101101101101 101001100101 0101101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Self-Portrait;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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