This is an analysis of the poem The Force Of Argument that begins with:
Lord B. was a nobleman bold
Who came of illustrious stocks,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd deXX Xfef aeae cgcg cccc aaaa cece dhdh eheh aeae fifi ihih aXae adad fXXe bXXX ieXe chch bXbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11101001 11001001 111011001 11001001 01000101 01001001 11101111 110000100111 11001011 01111001 11011100110 11001010 01001000 01001001 111101000 01001001 11011001 100001001 01101011 01011010 11101001 11001001 01001011 01001001 11010101 01011001 11111001 11011011 011011001 111101111 011100001 001000001 11101011 11111010 001011001 101001001 11001011 01101001 11001001 11011001 101011011 001101001 11111111 11111101 111001111 11011001 01111001 11011010 101101001 11001001 111001001 10001011 11111001 001001001 001001001 01001110 1001010001 110110111 10100011011 1010111010 10001001001 1001001001 001001011 01001001 101001011 110111110 1101010110 11011110 1010101001 111111110 10101010100 1110101010 10000101 10011001 0110100100 1010011110 101111101 111011001 11001001 11011001 101011111 1100101100 111111111 1101001
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; he, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, her, they are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Force Of Argument;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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