This is an analysis of the poem The Task: Book V. -- The Winter Morning Walk that begins with:

‘Tis morning; and the sun, with ruddy orb
Ascending, fires the horizon; while the clouds,... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 176,16,170,16,67,63,29,43,54,20,33,16,29,46,66,62,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2409
  • Average number of words per stanza: 434
  • Amount of lines: 906
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and, his, d, as, it, have, some, to, of, for, him, they, that, then, i, so, he, whose, with, ye, in, thy, thee, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, twas, at, they, in, we, ye, to, who, that, by, what, so, no, whose, his are repeated.

    The author used the same word tis at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines deed is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases life, peace, king, praise connect the lines.

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  • summary of The Task: Book V. -- The Winter Morning Walk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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