This is an analysis of the poem Jaspar that begins with:
Jaspar was poor, and want and vice
Had made his heart like stone,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb defe gfhf iEfe efdf bcjc fegh fdfd kele fXam nbfb bfbf aobo bdjd fmbm lmbm fbfb edbd cmXm ldXd fede fbdb nkbk bfff dana Xeae mdpd fdbd adXd deIE Ifhf kech mmfm fddd fddd dodo dpkp bcec bono kdbd efmf oXif fofo deieXcmfm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111111 110111 110101001 110101 11010111 010101 110010101 010101 1100111001 110101 11110100 011101 11110101 110101 11011111 110101 11010111 1101001 01010101 010101 11000111 010101 11110101 110001 11011101 110111 11010101 110100 110101001 010011 11011111 010101 11011101 110101 11010100 110101 11011101 0100010 11110101 110101 01110111 010101 01011111 110101 11010101 111001 10010101 110101 01010101 110101 01110111 110101 11110111 0101001 11010101 0010101 11010101 011111 10010111 111101 110101110 111001 101101001 110111 11111101 010101 11010101 110100 01010111 010110 110101110 111111 10011101 110101 11110100 111101 110101110 110101 110100101 0100101 11010101 011101 11110111 110111 11111101 111100 11011111 111101 11011101 111101 11011100 110101 11110101 110101 11110101 111101 11111101 110101 11110011 111101 01111010 110111 10011100 111001 11010111 110101 111001001 101111 01110101 110101 01010100 110101 11000101 010111 01111100 110101 01010111 110111 11010101 110101 11010101 1100111 11110100 0101001 01110111 111001 01010111 011100 01110111 110100 01010011 010101 11010111 1101001 10101101 110101 11010101 010111 11010101 010101 11001111 110101 10001111 101101 11110111 110101 11110101 010101 11011100 110101 11010111 010101 111011101 010111 11011101 110101 110101001 110101 11011101 110111 01010111 010101 01010101 110101 01001101 110110 01111101 010101 01010101 010101 110111011 0110001 11010111 110101 11010011 110101 01010101 1010101 11000101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 45
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 180
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, his, come, i, to, they, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, and, the, it, his are repeated.
The author used the same words he, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Jaspar;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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