This is an analysis of the poem Prop: 2, L: 11 E: Quicunque &C that begins with:

Vast was his soul some favorite above
Whose bolder pencil made a boy of love...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXcXXddcceeffeeXbdbdbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101110001 1101010101 0111110111 11011101010 1101010110 010010101 1111101111 1001010110 1011110111 0101010101 1011001111 011110101 011010111 1111110101 0111110101 1111010101 11110111101 111111101 1110101010 1101000101 1011110101 1101100111 1111111111 011100101 110111011 111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1066
  • Average number of words per stanza: 201
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; his, my, i, your are repeated.

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  • summary of Prop: 2, L: 11 E: Quicunque &C;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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