This is an analysis of the poem The Resolve that begins with:

In Imitation of An Old English Poem
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a babacbcb XdXdcbcb efefcbcb cgcgbbbb cbcbcbcb cccXebeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100111010 11011111 110001 111101001 111101 10011101 101101 11110111 110101 111111110 110101 11001111 110111 11110111 101101 11110111 110101 11110101 011111 11010101 111101 11010101 101101 11110101 110101 01011101 010101 01010101 010101 11110111 110101 11111101 110101 11011111 011111 11011101 110101 11111111 110111 11110100 110101 11111101 110101 11110101 001101 010101001 010011 11111101 1101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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

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