This is an analysis of the poem The Poet's Progress that begins with:
THOU, Nature, partial Nature, I arraign;
Of thy caprice maternal I complain.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeccffggbbddaaaahhiihhjjXkllccmmbbnnnhhaahhggbbddcXoobbjjhhhhbbhhkkppooffppcXggaadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 91,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101010101 0101010101 0101110111 011010101 0101010111 0101010101 1101010101 01010100101 11010110010 011010001110 1011010101 0111111101 1011010011 0111101111 10101010101 1111110101 1111011011 0111010101 011000101 11110011101 1101100101 1101010101 1111110101 110111001 1110010101 1101100101 0101110101 0111001101 1011011001 11010100101 1010110101 1111000101 1010011110 1101110001 1101000101 01110100101 0111110111 11001111111 11010010101 0101010111 11111101010 111111001010 1101010101 11001010101 1111010101 11110100101 1111010101 1111010111 110011011 0100111101 1101010101 1101111001 10110010111 1101110101 1001110101 0101110111 11001010101 0101011101 110110011100 1101011001 1011111111 01001000101 1101010111 1001 0111011001 01011100001 1111110101 01001011101 0111011101 1101011101 0111010010 1101000101 1101000101 1111000101 0101011101 0101110101 0101011101 1001011101 110101010111 0111110101 1101001101 1101010101 1101011101 0110010011 1101110110100 1101000101 1101110101 1101010111 1101001111 0101001101 11010101101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 4058
- Average number of words per stanza: 678
- Amount of lines: 91
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, their, no, to, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no, his, when, not are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Poet's Progress;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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