This is an analysis of the poem The Reckoning that begins with:
It's fine to have a blow-out in a fancy restaurant,
With terrapin and canvas-back and all the wine you want;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcd C aaeecd C ffggcdXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,6,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01010110010101 01001101110111 0010101101010101 101011101010011 01000111011111 1010101011 101 010111001111101 01111111010101 010101010011001 01011011011101 01110101011101 110101111 101 1110101111111 101010100010101 01111101011111 111101010111001 11110101001010 1111101111 101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it's, to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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- summary of The Reckoning;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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