This is an analysis of the poem Vacilliation that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XbcaXdcbda X efefefgg X fdfdfdgXdcdcdchh X ffiiijjbbbjajkffeaeajjeaeeXfXffXlallX X hhmmff XXakhhbbggddjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,1,8,1,16,1,37,1,6,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 010100 1101 011101 1001 111000 0111 010101 0101 10101 101 1 0110100101 01110011111 0101010001 1101110101 1111011101 1111010101 1101010111 1111111111 1 1101110111 101010100 01001110001 1101110101 1101011101 1111010101 1111011101 0101011101 110010101 0101010111 10010010111 11001010111 1101111111 1111010001 1111011111 1101110001 1 110011111 11010101 0010101 11011101 1010101 11011111 11000101 11010111 01111100 1111111 11010111 1010001 11011101 01101000 110101 0101001111 11111001 11101111 11111111 1111101 110001 1101110001 010011101 11000111 001001101 11010101 111110 1111101 11011100 111011 11010101 111110 01110111 11000111 1010101 1010011 111110 1 011101001111 011001011101 011011111010 0111000100010 0111110010101 0111110101001 1 111110110111 010100001110100 010010101100001 1001001110001 1000101111101 100000100010111 11110101111101 01010101111101 11110001101101 10010101010001 0101010111101 11111101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 95
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; half, and, all, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
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- summary of Vacilliation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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