This is an analysis of the poem The Thorn that begins with:
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'There is a Thorn--it looks so old, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a baXabcddccc X XedeebffBgg X Xhihjkbball X cfdfacllcaa a lfifdaiiall a cdmdeinnIKX X filidihHIKX X foeocahHaaX X bifipaffalX d eoiXcahhabb a ajbjXfaafff X dcocbcbbcjj X bbcbdcffcll X bobochbbhmm X fnnnbbglbaa X conoefmmfaa X cgigXccccbb X daaXconnoaX X b
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10010111 01110101 10110101 011111 11010111 0101011 11011101 00010101 010101 01011101 01000101 1 111100100 01000101 11010101 010101 10011101 10111101 11111111 01110101 010001 111101010 010011110 1 11010101 11010101 11011101 010101 11100101 01111110 10011101 11010101 010101 11010111 01011101 1 1101011 10011101 01010101 110101 11010111 11010101 11011101 10110101 011100 11010001 11010101 1 11110111 01011101 01010101 111101 010110001 11010111 11010101 01110101 111110 11010101 11011111 1 1111011 01110101 11111111 010101 11110101 11110101 11110111 01000101 100111 11001100 11011100 1 11100111 01010101 110101001 1100111 11010111 10110001 11010101 11010111 100111 11001100 11011100 1 110011111 01010101 10010101 101101 11110101 10110001 11010101 11010111 1100111 1100100111 11011101 1 11011111 10110111 11110101 010111 01011101 01111111 11011101 10110001 100101 11010111 010111010 1 110000101 10010101 11010001 110111 11001111 11010101 10010100 01000101 111111 11110101 01110011 1 11110101 01011101 11000101 110101 10010101 010101 11011101 01010001 000111 010110001 11110101 1 11111100 11010101 10010111 111101 11111101 01010111 11011111 11011101 000101 11010111 11101101 1 11110101 01000101 11111111 110111 11011100 11110001 11011101 01010111 010101 11110111 01010101 1 11111110 10110101 11010011 110101 10010011 11011101 10110111 11100101 110101 11010101 11010101 1 11110111 01100101 11111001 011101 110011101 11000101 11010100 11011101 010001 110110011 11010101 1 11110011 01110101 11100101 100101 11101101 01010111 10010111 11110101 110101 01111111 11010111 1 11111111 111111010 11010101 0111110 11011111 01011111 11110101 01000101 111101 01010111 01010101 1 10111101 01010111 11011101 11001100 11110101 11011101 11010101 01000101 110101 11011101 11001100 1 11011101 11010100 11010111 010101 11011101 11010101 11110001 10010101 111101 01011101 01110111 1 11010101 01011101 11011101 111111 11000111 11100101 01100111 01010101 110111 100111011 01011101 1 11111111 10010101 11010101 011111 11000101 01110101 11110101 01010101 111110 01011101 01110111 1 11011010 11000101 01010111 010001 101111001 11110101 11100101 11011111 111101 11001100 11011100
- Amount of stanzas: 44
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 264
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; it, to, in, like, misery, oh, and, wherefore, she, her, i, what, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, and, or, the, whatever are repeated.
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- summary of The Thorn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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