This is an analysis of the poem A Morning Exercise that begins with:

FANCY, who leads the pastimes of the glad,
Full oft is pleased a wayward dart to throw;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXdedecc cdXXff gXgdhh eaeahh ababgi fcfcii aeaejj hehekk glglee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011001 1101010101 1011110111 1001010101 0101010101 0111001100 1101011101 10110101001 1111010101 100011111001 1001001101 1101010001 11011101001 1001010101 0101101110 1011000111 0101000111 1101110001 1101010101 10101010100 1111000101 01010001011 1111010101 0101010111 0101010101 1101011101 11010010101 100110011101 1110010101 01001111001 11011101001 1001010101 11010010101 1101010111 01001011101 10010010101 1011110011 1111010101 1100110101 1010010011 1101110001 01001110101 0011010101 1101011101 1111010101 1101010001 1111110001 11010001001 1101110001 0101010101 0100111101 1101010101 1001110011 11010010101 10110010111 0111010101 1111110101 1111011111 1111110101 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, with are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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  • summary of A Morning Exercise;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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