This is an analysis of the poem The Reverend Simon Magus that begins with:
A rich advowson, highly prized,
For private sale was advertised;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbXX ccdd bbee bbfX ggbb eehh iiii aXjX kkll ffdd iXmX XaiX hhbb iiaa iijX ddjX bXdX aabb lllX nnXX cXmX XbmX aamX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01100101 11011101 110010101 010010100 110101001 11011101 01010111 010101100 100101010001 01010011 11010111 10110101 101011101 01010100 00010101 11010101 11010111 10010001011 1101101001 1001001000 01010101 01010111 11010101 01110101 0100101101 01100001 01011111 11011111 101110001 11000101 01011101 01011101 101001111 1000100010 010110101 110101010 10101101011 11010100 11011001 11010101 101100101 11010100 11010101 01010111 111011101 101111000 10010101001 010011110 1010101110 10010101001 11000101 01001000 101011111 010010101 01110001 11010101 101111101 01010101 01010101 01010111 1010100101 01111111 11011101 101100110 010110111 01001111 11111111 110010110 0100111101 1101100 11011101 1100110100 01010101 1011000101 11000101 01111101 101010101 11110011 01010111 010101000 1010101101 1001111110 110111110 1010001011010 101111101 010001110 010101001 111101010 1010110010 01010101 101011111 100101010 10101101001 11001001 11100100 010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; his, agent, well, no, to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no, to are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word jew at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Reverend Simon Magus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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