This is an analysis of the poem Legends that begins with:
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A MAN builded a bugle for the storms to blow. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XXX X XX X XXX X XX a XaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,1,2,1,3,1,2,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 011001010101 01011101 11101001010 1 1010101101010111100 1011001101010 1 0111010 01100011101 1110111001100000 1 01001010110101 01011100101001011110 1 01110101110101 01001100101 10101110111111111101010111101010010100
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; thou, sang are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the are repeated.
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- summary of Legends;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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