This is an analysis of the poem The Libeller's Self-Reproof that begins with:
RASH 1 mortal, and slanderous poet, thy name
Shall no longer appear in the records of Fame;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011001011 111001000101 1111111111010 1011011011010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Libeller's Self-Reproof;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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