This is an analysis of the poem To Demosthenes that begins with:
It flatters and deceives thy view,
This mirror of ill-polish'd ore;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010110011 01001101 10011111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; it is repeated.
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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