This is an analysis of the poem The Inconsistent that begins with:
I say, "She was as good as fair,"
When standing by her mound; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXaX bcbcdXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110110 110101 1010100101 10101010 111010111 11110 11010101 1101010 11011101 110101 01010101 111011 01110101 111101 1111101101 1111110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more 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 Inconsistent;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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