This is an analysis of the poem To Rhea that begins with:
Thee, dear friend, a brother soothes,
Not with flatteries, but truths,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcaXcc dXeXddeeXe ccddddaaffddgghhiijjXc dddXXXeekkffbbaafffdXddX gaaaXabbbgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,22,24,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 1010011 11011101 01110101 11100011 00101000 1010101 1100101001 0011111 01101000 1110111 10111000 11111010 00100110 11111111 01000101 1110100 1011101 1110101 01000101 11010111 11011101 1110101 1110111 11111101 0110100 1001011 11010101 0110101 11010001 1111101 1011101 1000111 11010101 11010101 1010111 11110111 111010101 0100100 1010101 1010101 11000101 1101001010 1011110010 011100100 11010101 1010101 01110111 01100010 00101110 01111101 11010101 11010001 110001001 11100111 01010101 1010111 01000101 11001011 110100 1101100 01011111 01011101 11010110 010101010 010101010 100111010 01010101 010101000 11000100 1111101 10101101 1110111 10110101 01010001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 486
- Average number of words per stanza: 89
- Amount of lines: 75
- 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; thy, thou, and, to, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, thy are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To Rhea;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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