This is an analysis of the poem Guy that begins with:

Mortal mixed of middle clay,
Attempered to the night and day,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXbddXXeebbeeffffggbbcceeaabbggeeXdhhgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 100000111 1010001 1110011 1010100 1110101 11011000 1011101 101100010 10101110 0110101 0110001 1110101 01000101 11110111 11010101 0010111 01011101 0101001 11010101 11111100 10010101 11010101 11010001 11110101 11110001 10110101 01010101 11110101 11011101 01110101 01010101 1011101 01111101 001100101 11010101 01000101 0111001 11010001 01110100 11111101 11011101 01011101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1455
  • Average number of words per stanza: 269
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, his, to are repeated.

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

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