This is an analysis of the poem Resignation that begins with:
I'd hate to be centipede (of legs I've only two),
For if new trousers I should need (as oftentimes I do),...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXb ccbb ddee ffee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1100101011101 10110111110111 01110101111100 11110101110001 01011101011001 11010001110011 11111101110111 11010111010111 11000111010101 01010111100101 01011101010101 11110101110001 11001100111101 00011111110101 01110001110101 10110111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, be are repeated.
The author used the same word i'd at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Resignation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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