This is an analysis of the poem His Mate that begins with:
IT MAY have been a fragment of that higher
Truth dreams, at times, disclose;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcX cXcb Xefe Xgfg Xcfc cccc ahaX iXXj ifif kfkf afaf kckc ilil bmbm afafdndn ghgX kgkg cgcg afaf ojojpdpd Xjcj Xdad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,4,4,4,4,8,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01100100110 111101 01100101010 110101 01110101110 010011 110101001110 110110 11110101010 1101000 11011001010 111011 110101010100 010101 01010101110 110100 110111011100 010101 010010111110 011011 010001010100 110101 11010101110 011001 11101111010 010101 01011101010 011101 01110101110 111101 11111101010 010110 01110110010 110110 11110101100 010101 11010101110 110011 01010101110 010101 10011101010 110111 11010101110 010111 01010011110 111111 11111101010 111111 01011111110 010111 11100101110 011101 11111100010 110111 01010111010 010101 10011101011 110101 11111111011 111101 01011001110 011101 11110101110 1100111 11111101111 110011 01111111111 011101 01010111110 111111 010011110010 111010 11011101010 011101 11111110010 010001 01010001010 010011 11011001010 111101 11110111110 110001 11110110010 110101 11011001010 101101 11011101010 010111 11110101010 110011 00111001010 110111 01110101000 010111 110100101010 1010011 11011101010 111001 11010101010 101111
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 102
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, and are repeated.
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- summary of His Mate;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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