This is an analysis of the poem A Dialogue that begins with:
The Man.
O tyrannous Angel, dreadful God,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbbccdX EdffeedgXahhiijjkkll Ebbmmll Annndg EccaXooffppqqmmkkdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,20,7,6,19,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01 110010101 11110111 11000101 11110101 11010101 100010010 010 1 11110100 11010100 11110101 11110101 11111111 11101100 11110110 10110101 11111101 01010111 10111101 1111010110 10111101 11011111 11010101 11010101 11110101 01010001 010 11110111 01011101 11010101 01001101 10110111 11010001 01 110011111 01111111 10111101 101101101 10110100 010 11011111 11111111 11111101 110001100 11110101 11000101 110011010 100100010 11111101 01000101 11110111 110100101 110111010 011001010 10100101 11111101 01011101 110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 383
- Average number of words per stanza: 73
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, this are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases give, there connect the lines.
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- summary of A Dialogue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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