This is an analysis of the poem Admonition that begins with:
Long in the lap of childhood didst thou sleep,
Think how thy youth like chaff did disappear;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdd X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001011111 1111110101 11101010111 1101010001 11110110101 1101111101 1101010011 1001011111 1101010101 1101010101 010110100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Admonition;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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