This is an analysis of the poem The Touchstone that begins with:
SAID one,' Tis Use must lend
The clue our thoughts to bend... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaX bbX ccX bbX aaX aaX ddX aaX ccX ddX ccX eXX ffX aaX ggX hhX bbX ggX bbX hhX XiX ccX iiX jjX ccX bbX hhX ccX hdX dhX aaX XbX iiX XbX hhX aaX bbX aaX hdX ggX ccX aaX ccX bbX kkX XXX bbX iiX ggX aaX XXX ccX hdX aaX bbX bbX ccX llX ggX eeX
- 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,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111 011101 0011 1111111 111101 001011 1110101 011101 11011 1011111 101001 01100 1111111 111101 1101 100101 111101 11011 1110111 101101 11110 111101 110101 1111 1111101 011111 11110 110101 010101 1101 1101001 010101 11111 10100101 010100 1101 1110111 1101011 1111 110111 010101 100111 100111 100101 1001 100001 100101 10011 1001111 001001 1110 111101 111111 0101 101101 111001 0101 1010101 110100 11111 1110010 011101 11011 1010101 110101 01011 111101 110101 11111 1110111 001111 1101 1101111 011001 11111 110101 100111 11011 1110101 011111 0110 100111 110111 1101 1110110 010100 1111 1111011 111101 01010 1010101 1101101 0101 110110 011111 11111 110011 011101 11110 110110 100101 11101 111101 110100 0111 1111101 111101 0101 110001 010111 0101 111101 010101 0111 10100101 111101 1011 1111101 110101 0101 110101 110111 0111 1100101 110001 01111 110101 010101 01011 111111 111001 0111 1101101 1110011 1001 101101 001010 0011 10111 110100 0011 1010111 111101 1110 111111 0111011 1111 1010111 010101 11110 10100101 111000 1101 100101 111101 10100 1111001 110111 10110 1110101 110101 0111 1111101 011101 1001 1110101 110001 11111 111111 101101 11011 110101 100101 1101 1101001 111111 11011 1111101 110111 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 60
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 180
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ', and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, life are repeated.
The author used the same words ', 'and, 'though at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.
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- summary of The Touchstone;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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