This is an analysis of the poem The Aesthete that begins with:

If you're anxious for to shine in the high aesthetic line, as a man
of culture rare,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXcXcDDdeX XdXdbaXaDDdeX baXaacbcDdedaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101010010101101 0101 111110100101011 10101 11101010110010100 11010101 01010100010101000 10101 1100101 1111101 1001101001011111 11010100011101111 10 0100010010111111 1101 101001110100111 10101 011011110111101 0111 1111100101010010 101 1100101 1111101 1011001111000111 11010101010101011 10 1010101000100101011 101 10101110101010111011 111 10101110101110100 010101 011110100010101001 1001 1100101 11111001 10110001001111001 11 1101110001110111 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 543
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; of, man, deep, young, and are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase be connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Aesthete;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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