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

The law is the true embodiment
Of everything that's excellent.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddef ggggddhhefXggccccccef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010100 01011100 01110111 111101001 0101001001 010110100 1100100111 010010101 01010101 0100100100 11010001 011001001 010011001 101010101 101111111 1010101001 11000101001 0110101011 11011101 0100100100 1100111001 11011101 10111111 100100101 01111111 11111111 11111111 1101100111 10010101 0100100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; one, for, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word chancellor at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Susceptible Chancellor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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