This is an analysis of the poem Hymn To Adversity that begins with:
Daughter of Jove, relentless Power,
Thou tamer of the human breast,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcccc dedeffgg heheggee eeeeeeff eeeecchX fbfbiicc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101010 11000101 110111010 01100101 10110001 01110101 11010101 011001100101 111100111 10010101 01110101 11010101 11011101 010100111 11011101 100111011101 11110101 11010101 11011101 11110000 11011001 01010101 11010001 001111110101 10010101 01010101 11010101 01011101 11110101 11000101 01000101 110101010101 11011101 11011101 10110101 11000101 110010111 01011101 010101001 011101110100 11011101 11010001 11010101 01010111 01010101 11011001 01110101 110101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, thy, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, with, thy are repeated.
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- summary of Hymn To Adversity;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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