This is an analysis of the poem De Libris that begins with:
True — there are books and books. There’s Gray,
For instance, and there’s Bacon;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXbb cXccdd efefgghihibb aeiejj XgXgXeXececcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,12,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111111101 11011010 101101100 1101010 010111010 110101010 11111111 1101110 11110111 1111010 11111101 11110011 11010101 1100010 01010101 1101010 010101010 001010110 11000111 1101110 11010101 1111010 01010101 01010001 11010101 110101 11110110 110001 11010111 11110101 11110101 1101010 110101100 1100010 11010110 01010101 11011111 0101010 11011101 0101010 111100101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; there, and, s, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of De Libris;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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