This is an analysis of the poem In Lupum that begins with:
BEYOND the gates thou gav'st a field to till;
I have a larger on my window-sill.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaaaeefffXXeeeddaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101110101 1101011101 0111000101 1111111101 1111011101 1101010001 1110010101 1111010101 0101010101 1111010001 11110000101 1101001 1111011101 11001010100 11110100101 1011010001 1101010001 1101010100 1111011110 1111010101 111001101 1111010001 0101010101 1111010001 100111111001 1111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1057
- Average number of words per stanza: 206
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, one are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word huge is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mole is repeated).
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- summary of In Lupum;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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