This is an analysis of the poem Evangeline: Part The First. I. that begins with:

IN the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas,
Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pré... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdaeebefbgdXhXdeXieeijejfkghdejaeea aXbgeaeebeeXidXjlejekicf ckdmnabkiebXXXciadaei XblidbaigbfjmielbXehbmjhleaaeellneoXoihiiieai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,24,21,45,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010011010010010 10010101010011 100101011110010 1001001110010110 1101001011010010 1101001111010011 10110010101010011 11110101110111 100110110011010010 1001101011011010 11111110010010 1101010110110010 1001001100010010 101001001011011 11010010010010010 100101010110010 1001001010110011 1001010010110011 100101110011010 10110101111010 10111101010010 110100111010011 10110010011010010 100101101011010 101101011010010 1001101011110110 100101010010010 110100100110100011 100111101100010 10010010110010010 10011111001010 10010101011010 110100111010010 100101101010110 1110010110010010 10111011110110 1110010111010010 101011101010010 11010010110010010 1011000010010011 1101010101010011 1001011011010010 1011001101010010 101111111010011 1101001101111011 111001110010110 10011010111011011 1111011010110010 110110101110011 100101110010110 10011111011010 1011111111010010 100101011010010 100101011010010 1011110010011010 100101101011011 10010101111111 10101001111010 100101001010010 1101101001110010 10010011011010010 1111011010010010 101001001010010 1101001010011010 1011101001010010 10110101011011 11110111010011 1001011010011011 1101001010011011 1100110110110010 1011010011010011 1010010110011010 1001011010011011 110111100111010 1001101110010100 100101011010010 1101001110010010 100100101010011 11001001001011011 1001001110010011 110111001110011 10010011010010010 1001010010110010 11101101010011 1101011010110011 1001111001110010 1010101010010010 1011111011010010 1001010011010010 111111001010011 1111010011010010 110101001010010 10111010011110 1010111010010 101111110010110 10001001010011 1101010010110011 11010101110110 101001010011010 1011001110010011 11010110110110100 1110010010110110 1001010010011011 110111101010010 1011001001010011 110111010010011 100101010011011 10010011110100011 1101001110010010 1101011010010010 10011010110010110 11010111010010 110101101010010 1001111011000010 1110010111010010 1011101100110011 1001110010011010 10010111011010 1001001001010010 101111110010010 11011011110010 1101011011010010 1000100111010010 110101001110010 1001100111111011 110100111110010 111100101011010 100101101010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2072
  • Average number of words per stanza: 371
  • Amount of lines: 128
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, in, his, as, her, with, there are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Evangeline: Part The First. I.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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