This is an analysis of the poem To Oratists that begins with:
TO ORATISTS--to male or female,
Vocalism, measure, concentration, determination, and the divine power... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabcXa XXcaaXadX aXaebfe deX dXXaXaff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,7,3,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010001111 10010101001010100110 011 1111110101100100 10001 11101111111 110000110011 11011101001010010 1010101100 101011101011 100101100101010010 1010101 100111010010101010 010 10111001100110010 10001100111 10111111010101101 101 1010100011101001 1010110011101010 1011 110111100101000101 0111110 1110110011110100 11100110011100100101 1111110010001100 00110001001111110 11 10011001010101 010111111111 10010010100011101 1010101100100 1111111011111 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long 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; to, after, and, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words after, and, on are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines death is repeated).
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- summary of To Oratists;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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