This is an analysis of the poem The Moralizer Corrected. A Tale that begins with:

A hermit (or if ‘chance you hold
That title now too trite and old),... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabXccddaaeeffaaggbbXhggiijjddaahhggaabbkkbbggllaXaabbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 58,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 11011111 01111101 110111010 010010111 11000110 10011101 01010101 11011101 01010011 11000101 010011101 01011101 100111001 11010101 11010101 10010111 01011101 11010101 01000101 01010101 11010111 110111001 11001001 11111101 0110101 01010111 11010001 01010001 100101001 11011101 010010101 11110001 110100011 11011101 01110101 11110101 11011001 11011101 01010101 11010101 01010101 10010101 01110101 100110001 11111001 01010101 01011101 11110111 10010001 01110101 11010110 10110101 01010101 01011111 11010101 110011101 10110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1990
  • Average number of words per stanza: 374
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; his is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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