This is an analysis of the poem Sketches In The Exhibition that begins with:
What various objects strike with various force,
Achilles, Hebe, and Sir Watkin's horse!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd e ffggaa X hhffiiccjj X kkllcckkeeee m eeffkkffffffcc i nneeooii X eeffee X ppccXk iXccdmffcciicc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,6,1,10,1,12,1,14,1,8,1,6,1,6,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 110010101001 010111101 1101110101 1101011101 1101010001 0101010101 1111011101 1101010111 1011 1101011101 01110101001 0111001111 0101110111 1111011101 1101010011 100011010 1111011101 1101010101 0101010101 1101101101 1111011101 1001110101 1100010101 1101011101 1111110101 11010011001 110010 01100010101 1101001101 11011100101 1101010101 1101111101 1111010001 1101010101 1101010101 0101010101 01010001001 1101010101 0011010101 1010 1101010101 1001011111 11011010101 1101010111 1100011111 11100101001 1010010101 10101110101 1101001101 110101100 1000110101 10100110011 1101010101 110101010101 111110 1111110111 11011100110 0101001101 1011010101 0111010101 1101000101 1101010101 1101011101 10110 1011110101 0101010101 0101010111 1101010001 1001010101 1011010101 101100 1011110101 1011010111 1111010111 1001010111 1101010101 1101111100 10101 1010010101 1101110101 11001100101 1111010010 1101111111 101100011001 1101010101 1101010101 11010010101 1101010101 1011000101 11010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; how is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, how are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase thine connects the lines.
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- summary of Sketches In The Exhibition;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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