This is an analysis of the poem Gnomic Verses that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abcd e b cfc b aggh X ia i aajc f ggbk h hkha b caXl m jh a igbi b jjjj k Giig n aaab m gmcm o ccdc n nccjceXg i e mmnn a aabb c cdXb c bcnanh c JggJ i lafi o abgg Gcja ikgk n a g pa i ki X bbba aXXq i Xbbbpj c okgg i bgbc c bbba i icii iice iq
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,1,3,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,8,1,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,6,1,4,1,4,1,4,4,4,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,4,4,1,6,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1011010001 100110011001 10110010101 0100101010101 10 00101001 0100101 00101001 0100101 11 0110 1101 1111 101000 1 11001010101 100011011 1 01100 010010 1101 10010 1 01010101 01010101 01000001 01010001 10 1001000 10101 0110001 0101 1 1110 111 1011 1101 10 101101 1111 1 1001 0100 11101 11011 101 1111 11001 11011 11111 11 111 111 101 111 10 10011 10011 1101 111 10 11010011010 101100100 110111010 101011100 10 100100 101 011 111 11010 111010 0101011 1111 1111 1111 111010 1111 10100101 1 1000100100101001000010110 100010 11010 11010 10110 1 11 101 0101 101 1 11 111 1110 101101 100 100000011111 01010100010110 10101010 101001011100 010011001110 0100001011110 1 1000010 1010 1010 1000010 1 1101 110 10010 101 10 100001 1001 1001010 100010 111 011 1011 10001 111 111 1011 01 10 1110010 1001 10110 11110100010 1 101011 01 101 10101 0111 01010 11 110 0101 1101 001 1 1111 101 0111 011 10110 1001 10 100 1111 1101 11010 1 100101 100010 1011 0100 10 11111 1100 1011 10100 1 1 00 1 11 11 01 100 110 11 000 11 01 11 1 00 10
- Amount of stanzas: 77
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 44
- Average number of words per stanza: 8
- Amount of lines: 189
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, it, of, s, far are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, have, oh, far, pat, four, place, are repeated.
The author used the same words have, far, pat, four at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us, in, are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word here at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases far, connect the lines.
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- summary of Gnomic Verses;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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