This is an analysis of the poem The Apology that begins with:
I MAY not scorn, I cannot prize
Those whose quick-coming fancies rise... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bXb ccc ddd eeX fff ghg aaa fff fff iii aaa jjj bbb jjj fff eee kkk iii ggg ggg bbb jjj lll mmm kkk fff iii fff lll iii jjj nnX bbb ggh iii bbX ggg ooo ddd jjj nnn lll kkk ddd kkk kkk lll ddd nnn ggg kkk jjj ggg aaa iii iXi kkk iii ddd Xii nnn jjj f
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111101 11110101 100101 11011111 110110000 110100 110111011 110101101 111111 10011111 00110101 010101 11110111 01010111 011110 11010111 01010101 110101 11010110 11110100 011101 110101010 010010010 0101010 11010111 11010101 010001 11010101 01010111 010001 01000101 11111111 110101 10110011 11011101 010100 01010101 01010111 010101 11010101 1101010 101101 010010111 100111001 111101 10010101 011101101 010101 01011101 01010111 010111 11110111 01011001 010111 11010101 11010001 1101001 110101011 11110101 111110 11110101 11010001 110101 10110101 11110011 010101 11010101 10011101 1100101 11011101 0101001 110101 110010101 11110011 110111 11010001 11011101 110101 11010001 01010101 110101 11111101 01011101 111011 11010101 01010111 111111 11010111 100101011 110111 10011001 01010101 111101 11010111 010010001 010101 11000111 11110111 101101 110100111 01010101 110111 10011111 11010101 001100 11111101 11100101 010001 11010101 01001100 010010 10011101 11111111 110101 111101001 11110001 111101 110110001 11011101 010101 11011111 11010111 111111 11011111 110100111 1111001 01110101 11010100 010101 10111101 010100101 100101 10010101 01001111 1100101 01011001 01010101 100111 11110111 01111101 010101 11110001 01011111 100101 11010101 11110111 110101 10110101 010010001 110101 11010101 11010111 111101 01011101 11110111 100101 11010111 11011101 110111 110100111 11010001 010101 11010101 01011101 1100101 10011101 111110001 0101001 11000101 11011110 110101 11110111 110011011 100101 100100101 11010111 110001 110101001 11010111 110001 11110110 11010101 111011 01010101 11010101 010101 11011001 01110101 010111 11000101 11010010 011101 1110000101 11011101 111111 10110101 010111011 110111 01010111 01110111 101101 11010101 01010111 111101 100110101 01010101 111101 01010101 01110111 110101 00110101 11011101 100101 10110101 10010101 110101 11100111 11010101 111110 11111101 10110101 011111 11010101 11110110 101101 11010101 11010101 000101 111101101 111101001 010101 11010101 11010101 111101 10110101 11111101 110101 01110100 010101001 010111 01010101 11110101 111101 01011101 101101001 110101 11010001 01010111 110101 10110101 11111111 1001000 11010101 010010101 010001 0110001100 11011101 111111 11010101 01111101 110001 00110101 111110011 001111 01010100 11010101 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 90
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 268
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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, of, to, whose, these, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, the, a, these, and, not, to are repeated.
The author used the same words myself, these, but, some, to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Apology;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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