This is an analysis of the poem The Advice that begins with:
Revolving in their destin'd sphere,
The hours begin another year ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccdeed eefggf haijji aaeeee kkhlla bbddldXlliiii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01001101 010010101 110001 110101001 11010101 111101 11010101 01010011 110111 11000001 11010101 111101 11100101 01010001 110011 11010101 11110011 100101 111111010 010010101 110101 01110101 010010001 0100101 11010011 1011011 110001 11110101 10110101 010011 11010111 11010101 1111010 11010111 11110001 011101 01110101 11010101 010101 11111101 11010001 110101 101100101 01011101 110101 10100111 01010101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; as is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tho', 'tis are repeated.
The author used the same word tho' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Advice;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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