This is an analysis of the poem Career that begins with:

Galileo, the clergy maintained,
was a pernicious and stubborn man....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd deaa XfgX cdhd gXge fhXX gXgf Xagb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001001 100101101 1110101010 01101010100 010101010100 1111011010 111010101 111010110001 1000010001 100100010 1011111001 1111010000100 10100111010 0101110 101101101 010001111010 1011001 10010010 10011101 01011110 101011101 101101110010 1010011010 01010010010 111000101 01011010100 01001001 1110111010 10101101 11011011 111101101 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; he is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Career;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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