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

Wise emblem of our politick world,
Sage Snayl, within thine own self curl'd,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cXddXeff ccgghhaa bbiiaa XXjXXcggkk ddggbbjjggaagg aXjjeeeeffbXllee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,6,10,14,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011001 11011111 01110011 11111101 10011101 11010100 10110111 10011001 010110 11011101 11010111 101111011 01010001 111110011 11011001 111000101 11011001 11011101 11011101 11011101 11011101 110001001 11011101 01100111 01111001 101101001 111101110 11110110 11101111 111110 11010100 10110111 11000111 01110111 11111111 11110111 111110001 11000101 11110101 11111100 11110111 11111100 111101001 01111101 11001111 11001101 110111011 11000101 10110111 11001101 11111111 11011100 10110101 10111101 11111111 11100011 11011101 11011101 11011101 11011101 10110101 01010111 11011101 10010101 10111101 1011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; now, thine, own, and, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, thou, and are repeated.

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

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