This is an analysis of the poem A Character that begins with:
How often do I wish I were
What people call a character;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgghh ggXXggdaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011110 11010100 011010110 110101010 000101010 110101010 11010111 11001001 1001111 11010101 11001101 11111001 01010101 11010101 01111101 11111011 10110101 01011101 10010101 01110111 11110011 11010101 01001111 11111110 11110100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 411
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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 is repeated.
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- summary of A Character;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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