This is an analysis of the poem Parable that begins with:
I read how Quixote in his random ride
Came to a crossing once, and lest he lose...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aba bcbXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11101000101 1001011111 0100011101 1001110101 11010101010 0111010101 01011101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; to is repeated.
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- summary of Parable;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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