This is an analysis of the poem Acknowledgment. that begins with:

I.
O Age that half believ'st thou half believ'st,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbXbcdcdbebeeX X fbfbabXbgfgfaX X hdhdbabahehebb X iiiibfbfXaXabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1111101110 1101001111 1101011110 1111011011 11110110010 0111111101 1011011010010 0111011111 1001111111 1101000111 1001111111 010100010101 11111100011 10111101010 1 1111010111 11011010101 1101010111 01111101001 0111011111 110010100101 11010100100 1101111111 1001110101 1101001100 1101110111 0101110101 1111111111 1111110100 1 0111111101 1111010101 1001010011 1101010101 1111111101 0111010001 1101111111 01111111001 10011111111 1111011101 0111110111 1101111111 1111111110 10111100100 1 1011011101 1101110101 11110100101 1101111111 11110101001 1101010111 1011011000 1101010101 1101010101 1111110011 0101010100 1101110101 10011111101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; half, and, or, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, no are repeated.

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  • summary of Acknowledgment.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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