This is an analysis of the poem Thoughts that begins with:
OF ownership--As if one fit to own things could not at pleasure enter
upon all, and incorporate them into himself or herself.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XXXXXaXaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010110110111111010 0111010100001101 010101 00111100110001 01001110101010010 0100110110110 10 11101010101010010 011110111011101 0110101001 01111111010101010 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; of, and, i, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
The author used the same word of at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Thoughts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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